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Canadian vessel to use RNLI design 2 Oct 2012 | 08:08 pm
The Canadian Coast Guard is to model its new search and rescue vessel on the hull of a boat designed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). It will be based on the RNLI's Severn class all...
Whizz-Kidz helps author create book 2 Oct 2012 | 07:46 pm
An author's tale of a superhero schoolboy who uses a wheelchair is to help children like the book's star. Frank Lambert penned Napoleon Xylophone after his son Mikey helped him to see how disabled pe...
Family to raise £35k for boy's op 2 Oct 2012 | 07:38 pm
Family and friends of a nine-year-old boy are hoping to raise £35,000 for him to have a life-changing operation which will help him walk unaided. James Dwight has spastic diplegic cerebral palsy whic...
Fundraiser to wear F1 suit for run 2 Oct 2012 | 07:32 pm
Motor racing fan Tara Muir is to run a half marathon kitted out like a Formula One driver. Tara, from Nottingham, will endeavour to finish the London Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon in the suit ...
Project to increase diagnosis rates 2 Oct 2012 | 07:32 pm
Pilot projects which aim to increase dementia diagnosis rates in two counties are now under way. The schemes, in Dorset and Warwickshire, are part of the Alzheimer's Society Early Diagnosis campaign....
Cyclists become charity champions 2 Oct 2012 | 07:28 pm
Cyclists have raised £3,000 for a medical charity by riding though the Lancashire countryside. More than 100 people took to their bikes to support MedEquip4Kids which improves healthcare for children...
Diabetes roadshow pulls into city 2 Oct 2012 | 07:26 pm
Free health checks are being offered to help people find out if they are likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes UK is bringing its Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow to Portsmouth where an estimated 2,3...
Furniture firm boss nets award 2 Oct 2012 | 07:24 pm
An unemployed woman who set up her own furniture business has been awarded free membership to an exclusive female networking group. Margot Jackson, from Bromeswell, in Suffolk, secured a year's free ...
Happiness goes under the microscope 2 Oct 2012 | 07:20 pm
Music, comedy, and debate will be used to find an answer to the soul-searching question: What makes us happy? The question has been set by the organisers of Interrogate! Happiness Festival, who will ...
Soprano to perform at charity gala 2 Oct 2012 | 06:30 pm
Soprano Denise Leigh will perform at a gala to raise funds for a nursery which helped her when she was a child. The visually impaired singer wants to help The Peter Pan Nursery For Children With Spec...
