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The Webmart Charitable Trust has donated £12,000 to SpecialEffect to fund a gaze-controlled computer for their ‘StarGaze’ Project.

Established in 1999, Northern Angels is one of the UK's best independent escort directories, marketing the services of female escorts and escort agencies across the country

Marriage Advice Online is a brand new resource that aims to help couples of all ages and backgrounds. It offers free marriage advice, addressing all aspects of marriage and relationships. Here, we examine just what sets it apart from the pack.

Finding old friends, and missing family members using the internet can be interesting and extremely rewarding. The key to finding missing people online is to use the right people finder systems, you can even find missing people for free.

A Nottinghamshire based man has officially changed his name to 'Guy Fawkes' by Deed Poll after his workmates encouraged him to pay homage to the man himself and has bagged a one night's stay in a Future Inn hotel as a direct result!

Breakthrough mind technology that helps you to destroy the worry of what people think of you and start living life your way rather than being a shy, meek social pansy who is too busy to impress everyone else to be able to enjoy every day.

Single dog owners and dog lovers who would like to find true love for the festive season need to start shopping now - so says Derek Collinson, founder of the world’s leading dog lovers dating site www.doglover.biz.

Language company Prestige Network secured a place in history when it provided two British Sign Language/English interpreters for an historical UK Youth Parliament debate in the House of Commons.

Concert now in its 12th year, headlined by international Jazz icon Chick Corea

Adultphonechat, a leading UK provider of adult telecom services, introduce clients to their Scratch N' Stiff game for the chance to win free, live 121 minutes.

MORE than 1,000 people each month are now visiting the Swansea-based West Glamorgan Archive service.

X-rays prove that using a conventional pen/pencil for a long time produces permanent damage to the skeleton. Yet we make children take notes and write exams just when they are most vulnerable because their bones are still growing. It's child abuse!

Birmingham based Heart PR : Dedicated to the Third Sector. The company will offer Publicity/ PR/Web and Graphic Design services, Campaigns and Events, to Charities, Social enterprises, Voluntary organisations and Creative enterprises.

Mixed messages in employment relationships are as annoying as in any other. So why do organisations not address them?

Mangar Elk inflatable lifting equipment provided to Buckinghamshire sheltered housing schemes.

A SWANSEA Mum is doing her bit for a cause close to her heart.

NHS Blood and Transplant completed its Baywatch-themed tour of university freshers’ fairs this week to recruit a new generation of lifesavers. More than 10,000 signed up. ‘We can’t all be The Hoff but we can all be Lifesavers!’

Tim Smit, co-founder of The Eden Project in Cornwall, has launched a new initiative that gives UK school pupils the chance to create a ‘business’ in support of AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa.

There are now a large number of modelling agencies whose sole purpose is to ‘scam’ aspiring models. Here is a list of the most common ploys used by scam modelling agencies to help direct you to an honest, reputable agency instead.

Spot Blue have become one of the first UK based Turkish property agents to run due-diligence checks on all the developers they work with in Turkey,

The UK’s leading Supercar Club GP1 has officially opened its brand new distribution centre in central London. Based in Islington, DC2 will provide its members in London and the South with a first class delivery and collection service.

In the near future, the world awakens to the corporate threat of the New World Order: a leaderless resistance defeats the global elite.

Serena Blackburn has scooped a bronze medal representing Great Britain in the prestigious Deaflympics, held in China.

Aspiring models will no doubt have heard about the numerous scam modelling agencies that aim to con people our of their money. Below you will find some tips that if followed will direct you away from these scams and towards legitimate agencies instea

AccountAbility Embarks on Revision of its International Stakeholder Engagement Standard; The Worlds First.

Public Speaking expert and motivational speaker Vanessa Ugatti, talks about bereavement, the grieving process and last respects speeches.

Mystic Magic Spells is now online. Safira Destrano has at last released her spells for purchase.

BeckenhamTown.us, a local website community set up by residents and neighbours to share news, information, events and make friends has been nominated in The Good Web Guide's Website of the Year 2009 competition.

Two of the most powerful and well-known women in the charity sector came together to celebrate the launch of this year’s must have Christmas book, ‘People of the Day 4’.

Rebecca Quinn is celebrating 12 dedicated years of working as a volunteer with Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People – and wants more people to join her.

Accident damaged vehicles are being given a new lease of life in the skills training of young offenders to help them find work as part of their resettlement in the community.

Can you imagine driving a car which is fuelled by hydrogen and emits nothing but water? It sounds like the ultimate pipedream - a lovely idea, but scientifically impossible. But it’s not fantasy.

Www.worldofdad.com hits the web to help today's dads.

Due to phenomenal demand for ZSL London Zoo’s Friendly Spider Programme, an extra date has had to be added for 2009.

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The apron features a colourful vintage design along with the entertaining words 'I Only Have a Kitchen Because It Came With the House', which is sure to bring a smile to her face.

Getting Personal understand the commotion that parents have to face before breakfast and have added a great addition to our Gifts for Kids range to help make things a little calmer in the mornings.

It’s never too early to start planning ahead, at least not if you are of a certain age, argues Dick Lumsden

Hybrid car technology is improving all the time, and the Insight is leading the pack when it comes to environmental friendliness

We can all do our bit to help the planet. Turning down the temperature on the washing machine, taking the TV off standby, turning the heating down a notch or two – there are a hundred different ways in which we can change our lives

Sandstorm Boutique are delighted to announce they have become the offical swimwear sponsors for Miss Universe -GB. The company is sponsoring the swimwear round of Miss Universe 2010 and they will providing a fanastic prize to the winner.

Fluentfuture is a new language exchange website offering entirely free access to potential language partners and to resources necessary to facilitate a fruitful exchange.

While property values remain uncertain, the third annual Scottish Widows Savings and Investment Report reveals that the nation’s view of investing in property has been impacted by the unprecedented economic environment in last couple of years

Anyone wanting a taste of what teaching in China is all about should head to i-to-i’s online travel community Campfire to check out official Teach in China Internship blogger Craig Barber’s account of his TEFL adventure!

The motor yacht LEO FUN, a brand new 54 mt Proteksan Turquoise, will be displayed at the Monaco Yacht Show from September 23 - September 26, 2009 and available for viewing for all charter clients.

Ministers, senior civil servants and MSPs do not know the law of the land they govern, and are happy to make decisions that will put 60 Scottish citizens out of work and close 15 companies.

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With the added option of embossing the recipient's name in gold on the front cover, each and every book is tailored to be a truly unique and personalised gift.

A comprehensive petition submitted by Freedom To Choose (Scotland) is being debated at Holyrood on 21 September.(1)

HISTORY experts are set to offer some top tips to people looking to research their local areas or families.