FURNITURE collections for flood victims have had to be restricted to Castle Morpeth. Articles about the Morpeth Rotary Club depot have attracted a phenomenal response across the region, with dozens of households offering...

EXTRA pay-outs from the Morpeth Flood Victims Appeal will begin next week. Initially, anyone affected by the September disaster was invited to apply for £100 from the appeal to help lift the gloom and ease the financial...

TALENTED young musicians impressed the judges in the preliminary round of the Stockton Young Musician 2009 Competition. Held at Our Lady and St Bedes School, the high musical abilities delighted the organisers, the Stockton Rotary Club, and the...

KNARESBOROUGH Rotary Club will showcasing local talent in its annual Variety Show at the Frazer Theatre. This year the show takes place on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 and is being put together by Rotarian Mike Wilkins who is looking for performers for the...

Hospitality and Catering student Sophie Sadler from King James's School was Knaresborough's representative at the recent Rotary Young Chef District Final held this month at Bettys of Harrogate cookery...

, 09:30 Comment on this story A football scheme aimed at steering youngsters away from crime is celebrating a cash windfall from Howden fundraisers. The Grassroots Football project was launched in 2002 by Frank McKenna to get teenagers off the streets of Hull and into...

A HALIFAX landlord has joined the battle against polio in India to help with a massive vaccination programme. Guy Hawkyard, of Greenroyd Avenue, Skircoat Green, has joined 33 other volunteers from around the UK who hope to immunise thousands of children against the crippling disease in just two...

FIVE local groups and organisations have benefited from the latest cash awards through the Harrogate Borough Council Arts and Heritage Grant Scheme. Now in its third year, the awards' aim is to help community groups within the district to develop new and innovative...

A popular Lancashire folk group has scooped a lifetime achievement...

RYE and Winchelsea Rotary Club collected £1,278 at their goodwill float at Christmas and the funds are now being distributed to nominated charities as follows: Rye Community Transport £300, Sara Lee Trust £300, Age Concern Rye and District Day Centre £250, Kent Air Ambulance...

OTTER Valley Rotary Club will raise cash for a Leukaemia charity with a Valentines Day fundraising evening in West Hill next month. The event, in aid of the Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF), will include an auction of promises, and a three course meal in the romantic setting of am indoor...

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Italian team from Regional Command-West delivered supplies and a generous donation to a children's school in downtown Herat , January...

16:24:06 Source: Anna Hemy -Government Harry Pease has been awarded a special achievement award for his significant contribution to Tourism. Hon Martyn Quayle MHK, Minister for Tourism and Leisure, announced him as the winner of the special Award, during the Tourism Awards ceremony on Friday 30th January,..

Rochdale Rotary Club are working with the Council's Environment Department to grow crops vertically, suspended above the ground. They claim the feat, which uses Growbags especially designed by the Rotary Club, is the only project of its kind in the...

MORE than 100 diners sat down to Sunday lunch and helped to raise enough money to send three ShelterBoxes to disaster areas around the world. The three-course community lunch organised by Exmoor Rotary Club was held in Bampton's Riverside Hall and enjoyed by 120...

TRIBUTES to a man of great 'courtesy and integrity' were paid at his funeral service at Crediton Parish Church. Derek Lion, who moved to Crediton in the 1960s, played a key role as a youth officer with Devon County Council, as well as being an active member of Crediton...

' Previous ' Previous Next ' Next ' View Gallery Published Date: 29 January 2009 By Staff Copy A budding super-chef served up a recipe for success after she beat off stiff competition to clinch a top cooking...

Elderly folk who fancy a week away are being invited to...

NOMINATIONS are now being sought for the Helensburgh and Lomond Community Spirit Awards, run by the Helensburgh Advertiser in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Helensburgh...

AFTER a hugely successful fund-raising event last year, the Big Splash committee of Hexhams Rotary Club is looking for ways to spend its cash. During the sponsored swim at Hexham's new pool in November over £3,500 was raised, and now the committee is looking for worthy causes to spend the...