A cleaning company based in Newbury has donated 50 USB memory sticks to the town’s talking newspaper. Kennet Cassette is a free voluntary service which has provided blind and visually impaired people with audio recordings of extracts from the Newbury Weekly News for nearly 50 years. Managing Director Andre Gottemaker …
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The Newbury Weekly News goes to print on a Wednesday afternoon. But as one issue wraps, the work of volunteers at Kennet Cassette – Newbury’s talking newspaper for the blind and partially sighted – is just getting started. Volunteers recording the 2,500th edition of the Kennet Cassette The charity, founded …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Five Scottish wildcat kittens have been born at the Highland Wildlife Park, keepers have announced. Staff at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland-owned attraction by Kincraig say the new arrivals are doing well. They will receive their first health checks …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! James Collier, vice-chairman of Invergordon Museum An art exhibition in Invergordon next week will showcase the work of artistic talents from across the Highlands. Paintings and other artworks will be on view at the four-day Invergordon Museum and Royal Legion …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Some of the stamps set to go down well with fans of the classic Blackadder series on TV. Royal Mail today announced the launch of 12 Special Stamps being issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the classic British sitcom, …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Moray’s Mystery Crocheter has crowned a postbox in the build-up to the Coronation. A mini version of King Charles III is now ensconced on top of his Royal Mail throne upon Elgin’s Morriston Road. The latest creation by the Mystery …
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