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I am writing a story in which a woman has dreams involving a murder that took place many years before. A skeleton is found where she says the body was buried but it has been buried over 100 years. Police are obviously called but what is the procedure? What happens if the deceased can't be positively identified? Can they still be buried?

Thank you.

How about this for a nice change from the usual Halifax ego-fest?

Scene: three senior banking staff waiting in an office for a candidate to come into the room to be interviewed for a position as a bank manager. Door opens and an overweight, rather plain woman in a trousersuit comes in. They invite her to take a seat, but rather than talking about her banking experience, she stands in front of them and bursts into song, X Factor style. They stare at her, puzzled, and she starts crying and pleading with them to "put me through!" They politely explain that they are actually looking for banking staff, not wannabe pop stars. Exit fat woman in trousersuit, crying.

What do you think? Would Halifax get the message and stop torturing us with its terrible ads, or do we have to move our accounts for that to happen?

My ex-husband and I still own a property jointly in the UK, which is up for sale. My ex pleads poverty and has never paid a penny towards the mortgage, but he doesn't know that we know he and his new wife (who doesn't work) are spending money like water on fripperies. We're talking over £1000 on CDs, DVDs, cuddly toys, etc, but not a penny towards the mortgage. His new wife owned her house before they met and I know as her husband, my ex has matrimonial home rights in her property. My partner has had to pay my ex's share of the mortgage and it's now getting to the point where we are worried that when the property sells, there won't be enough left to discharge what my ex owes my partner. My partner wants to know if he can sue my ex for the money, and if so, if he can force a sale of my ex's wife's house. My ex has been a complete, lying b****** from the beginning - we have a mountain of evidence against him.

My partner has suffered from plaque psoriasis continuously for over 20 years. He has large, red, scaly patches that don't itch and it has never gone into remission. He has read recently that it would be normal for it sometimes to go into remission so he's surprised that it never has. He does suffer from a lot of stress and very high blood pressure for which he's on medication. He says he's tried a lot of different things that didn't work and he uses sea salt in the bath and little bars of black soap. I help him exfoliate the patches in the bath as it's all over his back as well. Myself, I've noticed a patch on his back that's diminishing and I can see healthy skin appearing. The patches appear darker, more red and "angry" on his forearms and knees.

Does anyone have any advice please? He eats meat -the only veg he'll eat is broccoli, cauliflower and sweetcorn. I'm convinced it's caused by stress and the unhappy legacy of the last 20 years or more (we met last year).

I saw a largeish bird in my garden this morning, digging in one of my pots for worms or something. It looked like a pigeon and yet not quite like a pigeon: I think it was a bit larger. It was a light muddy brown colour, with a "collar" which I think was white, and other markings on its head. It also had some markings on its tail, the most noticeable of which was a bright blue flash. Was it a pigeon, or something else?

Can any US users please tell me, what do you mean when you call a girl or woman a "chippy"? I saw it on an old episode of "Friends", when Rachel refers to Emily as "that British chippy" - it was obvious she wasn't being complimentary, but I'd like to know exactly what it means.

This lady runs her home according to a strict schedule. There's a timetable for everything and she gets very angry if her family deviate from it, for whatever reason. For example: family members get turfed out of bed at 6am so she can change it, even if they're ill or tired. If anyone records a tv programme, she writes it in a little book and they have to watch it within a certain period of time. Another one of her rules is that no-one else is allowed to look at the newspapers or magazines until she has read them first. Her tastes in music, books etc, are the only ones allowed. Anything she dislikes is not allowed to be mentioned, or she gets really angry. Her poor husband is made to work till he drops with exhaustion and she deliberately gives her children food they don't like "so they will get used to it". Believe me, I am NOT talking about myself - I think this woman is sick, but I would like your views.