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Women live on £1 a day to highlight poverty problem

Women live on £1 a day to highlight poverty problem

Two women lived on just £1 of food a day for a week to highlight world poverty and raise money for charity.

Charlee Bennett and Valerie Cresswell took part in the Live Below The Line campaign, which encourages people to live off a £5 food budget to experience life below the poverty line.

Miss Bennett, 24, and Mrs Cresswell, 76, both from Wokingham, took on the challenge between April 29 to May 3.


Council keeping promises to looked after children, says report

Council keeping promises to looked after children, says report

Wokingham Borough Council is keeping its promises to support young people in care, according to the Children in Care Council (CiCC).

Police officers take part in Woodley 10k charity challenge

Police officers take part in Woodley 10k charity challenge

An off-duty police officer who tried in vain to save a man’s life after he collapsed hopes to raise money in his memory.


 

FOCUS: Dealing with coeliac disease

FOCUS: Dealing with coeliac disease

The symptoms of coeliac disease can be attributed to many other illnesses and some sufferers are incorrectly diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Wokingham woman appointed first female head of the Baptist Union

Wokingham woman appointed first female head of the Baptist Union

A minister from Wokingham appointed as the first female head of the Baptist Union says her role is a ‘symbol of hope for women’.


 

 

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