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If you need a helping hand, try a First Direct Buddy
First Direct demonstrates its close customer service both inside and outside its bank with the launch of an exciting new Buddy app. You can learn about it in this fun viral video where their specially trained staff are keen to show they will go the extra mile for...
The day I met Simon MacCorkindale at Headway Cambridgeshire
I was stunned to learn of the death of actor Simon MacCorkindale of cancer, aged only 58. He was a great supporter of Headway and was truly fabulous when he visited us at our Cambridge centre two years ago. Simon also had a local connection as he was born in Ely and...
Made in Dagenham – the real women behind it
I was confused when I saw Made in Dagenham last week as at the end it included some black and white news clippings from the 1960s showing older women on strike, while the film used much younger women. The successful and inspiring film is a dramatisation of the 1968...
Camp Hope – The Great Escape
I had planned to stay up and watch the first Chilean miner being brought to the surface - ending 69 agonising days beneath the earth's surface. I had wanted to share their exhilaration and see their faces as they were reunited with their loved ones. I'm afraid I...
Some questions for Lord Browne over soaring university tuition fees
The radical review of university tuition fees by Lord Browne will allow universities to charge unlimited fees. It proposes a free market in fees, though universities charging more than £6,000 a year would lose a proportion of the fee to help cover the cost of student...
James Cracknell and Headway
All charities are very grateful for any celebrity endorsement they can get, though we do not seek it from such tragic circumstances as this. Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell sustained a devastating brain injury this July while cycling in America, and I am...
How did you spend 10/10/10?
Today is 10/10/10 and is meant to be incredibly lucky for some. I spent the day visiting a stunning garden which is only open three times a year to the public. It is close to where I live and I can't understand why I have never visited it before. I can thank one of my...
Did you meet the underground strike buddies in Covent Garden?
Who brightened up the day for frustrated London commuters when they faced more chaos and severe disruption caused by the latest underground strike action? Were you one of the commuters in Covent Garden cheered up by a random act of kindness from a mystery team of...
The Eagles have landed!
Besides the surprise of seeing the considerable lead Yvette Cooper had with 232 votes in a Shadow Cabinet ballot - what would have happened if she had entered the Labour leadership contest instead of her husband? - I was not expecting such strong support for twin...