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Brain tumour charities lobby Parliament
Charities lobbied Parliament last week, asking MPs to join the fight against brain tumours.
MPs were encouraged to improve awareness about brain tumours by pledging to sign an Early Day Motion, signing an e-petition, and to do more to promote awareness of brain tumours in their constituencies and to participate in meetings of the All Party Brain Tumour Group. Several Members of Parliament were photographed signing a Brain Tumour Pledge to help raise the issues with Parliament (Conservative MP Andrew Selous is pictured above).
Blue skies over Sandringham for Royal garden party hosted by the Queen at her Norfolk home
Thousands of guests from Norfolk and Suffolk were invited
Donna Semmens Wednesday, June 13, 2012
9:20 AM
Guests mingle with royalty as part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations
The Royal estate at Sandringham was blessed with a rare blue sky and sunshine as the Queen hosted a garden party yesterday.
Thousands of guests from Norfolk and Suffolk were invited to the exclusive event to mark part of the official Diamond Jubilee celebrations – and they were not disappointed.
From the daintiest of dainty cakes served by students from Norfolk, to the pomp of the Royal Marines’ Band at the end of the day, the afternoon was a resounding success.
The Queen, wearing an apricot coat, dress and matching hat, looked happy and relaxed as she chatted to a selected few of the 3,500 guests. The Duke of York, representing his father who was unable to attend, also put people at their ease as he conducted a walkabout.
Two thirds of charities axing jobs due to funding cuts
Charities are axing jobs and services and some risk closing down because of Government cuts, research has revealed
29 May 2012
Charities are axing jobs and services and some risk closing down because of Government cuts, research has revealed.
A study of more than 100 charities in England and Wales showed that two-thirds were cutting frontline services and three out of four were making staff redundant.
