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Volunteering in Health receives The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
On Monday 29th November, Volunteering in Health held an event at Bitton House to celebrate receiving The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service earlier this year. More than 60 people were in attendance, including several previous volunteers who helped set the charity up more than 10 years ago. Since 2009, VolunteeringContinue Reading
WPD helps customers keep warm this Christmas with fuel poverty grants to South West charities
This festive season, Western Power Distribution (WPD) is supporting its vulnerable customers across the South West, by issuing £87,000 of fuel poverty grants from its ‘Community Matters’ fund to local charities and organisations. Amongst the beneficiaries announced today is Kingswear Parish Council, which has been awarded £10,000 for a ground-breaking projectContinue Reading
‘Grean’ looks a solid stumbling block to overcome for ‘Kin!’
Nicky Henderson has confirmed “all systems go” for Shishkin to run at Kempton today in the grade two Desert Orchid Chase but I’m a layer; the former champion trainer has possibly ‘crammed a quart into a pint pot’ to get this stable star out for a seasonal debut and IContinue Reading
A Very British Scandal review: Claire Foy and co are the top of their game in a deliciously dark period piece
Review at a glance “We have to promise we will never, ever bore one another.” Such is the one condition upon which Claire Foy’s Margaret accepts a proposal from the Duke of Argyll (played by Paul Bettany) midway through the first episode of BBC One’s A Very British Scandal. ThoughContinue Reading
Florian Wirtz EXCLUSIVE, Dembele blow, Rudiger ‘perfect signing’, Ronaldo inspires Haaland
MANCHESTER UNITED are pursuing Bayer Leverkusen starlet Florian Wirtz, SunSport can exclusively reveal. Ralf Rangnick is going to use his knowledge of the Bundesliga to unearth some future stars and the German has told his new colleagues the midfielder, 18, will be his country’s next big player. Antonio Rudiger wouldContinue Reading
Boxing Day Hunts: Plymouth MP calls for fox hunting loopholes to be closed
Plymouth MP Luke Pollard has called for fox hunting to be banned “fully” by closing loopholes associated with “trail hunting”. Boxing Day is a traditional day for fox hunts to meet across the country including in Devon. Although hunting with dogs has been banned since 2005, trail hunting escapes the ban, andContinue Reading
‘Arise’ punters and see ‘King’ rule ‘Sedge!’
Not So Sleepy and Epatante dead-heated in the ‘Fighting Fifth’ at Newcastle last month and renew rivalry on the same weight terms around Kempton Park today when Nico de Boinville replaces Aidan Coleman on the latter, owned by JP McManus; do we attach significance to this jockey change given firstContinue Reading
People feel lonelier in crowded cities – but green spaces can help
Nearly half of people in the UK report experiencing loneliness. Ton Kung/ Shutterstock All of us can probably remember a time when we felt lonely. In the UK, around 45% of people report experiencing loneliness – with 5% of people experiencing severe loneliness. With reports that loneliness has been onContinue Reading
‘Very sneaky tactics’: we asked gamers how they feel about monetisation in digital gaming
bang ridus/Shutterstock More than 40% of the world’s population play video games. But besides being entertaining, digital games are a product. The need to bring in money from players is integral to game design. A popular method of monetising games is through microtransactions. These are repeated, uncapped in-game purchases: forContinue Reading
Fans still set for festive feast on Boxing Day with Arsenal and Chelsea two of 12 teams in action despite fixture chaos
THERE’S a real football feast for Premier League fans to tuck into on Boxing Day this year. Three games may have been postponed due to coronavirus cases, but there are bound to be thrills and spills as teams look to maintain their title challenge or pull away from the relegationContinue Reading