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  The Bootleg Beatles are delighted to announce their 2018-19 tour of the UK starting this December. The band along with their renowned string and brass ensemble will visit seventeen cities. Tickets are on sale now from www.bootlegbeatles.com and direct from venues. As ever, the band will perform favourites from the whole Beatles’ catalogue but will also bring a special focus onto some key tracks from the ‘White Album’ – playing many of them for the very first time! As…

Reef have announced a UK headline tour for November and December 2018.The revitalized West-Country rockers recently concluded the ‘Britrock Must Be Destroyed’ Tour with The Wildhearts and Terrorvision, which included a headline appearance at London’s legendary Hammersmith Apollo. They will follow a summer of prestigious Festival appearances with a tour of Australia and Japan before they embark on this extensive UK tour. Reef’s first studio album for 18 years, ‘Revelation’, charted at No.26 in the UK album chart last month…

1step2be, a new free-of-charge portal is changing the way of donating to charities by allowing individuals to have full control over where the money goes for their clothes, without spending a penny. 1step2be turns unwanted textiles into money and donates the money to a cause of their choice. Not only that, a courier comes to the donors, weighs the textiles and tells them instantly how much their unwanted clothes will make for their chosen cause. Around 75% of households admitted…

Original music inspired by the British & Irish Lions remembrance of war veterans was released on Monday 5 November 2018 in support of the ground-breaking There But Not There Campaign.   The moving and original classical music single has been released for download to raise money for Remembered, the charity behind the There But Not There Campaign to commemorate the centenary of the World War One Armistice.   As this centenary Armistice Day approaches the airwaves will be filled with…

The Kennel Club has welcomed the announcement by the Welsh Assembly Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, of a consultation about a ban on the practice of selling puppies via third parties. The Kennel Club, whose own regulations explicitly ban the sale of puppies to third parties, has long called for an end to the sale of puppies in pet shops and by other third party retailers, as puppy farmers often use such outlets to sell…

It’s been announced that the Captain James Wadsworth Challenges 2018 raised a staggering £13,100 for Felix Fund, the charity which helps bomb disposal and search personnel and their families. Now, as three exciting endurance events are launched for 2019, you’re invited to join the challenges and ride, run and swim whilst raising much needed funds. Following the successful Tour de Troops 2018, which saw participants cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats, in just five days, you can be part of…

A collection of letters and photographs from the archive at the National Army Museum depict the conflicting emotions of Armistice. They describe the tragic death of 19 year-old Second Lieutenant Noel Evans on the morning peace was signed, and the impact it had on those close to him. For thousands of families who had suffered the loss of loved ones during the war, the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918 was a bittersweet occasion. Feelings of jubilation and…

Are you a fun-loving family looking to get healthier but struggling to find ways that work for you? A brand new BBC1 show is on a mission to help us all live better with quick & easy fixes. KEO Films is widely regarded as the UK’s top independent production company with a long history of making award-winning documentaries. Notable awards to date include BAFTAs for Hugh’s Fish Fight (about trying to protect our oceans) and Welcome to Lagos, as well as an Oscar nomination for Exit Through…

A selfless Cardiff woman who continued supporting brain injury survivors after her own breast cancer and arthritis diagnoses has been shortlisted for a national award. Sally Palmer, has been volunteering at Headway Cardiff and South East Wales for more than 20 years and has helped to raise over £150,000. Her incredible achievements have seen her named as one of three finalists for Headway – the brain injury association’s Volunteer of the Year Award, sponsored by Anthony Gold Solicitors. “I love…

  The Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance at Cardiff Castle, Wales, opened to the public on Wednesday 7 November following a special service of Remembrance led by Reverend Canon Stewart Lisk and attended by veterans and representatives of the Armed Forces.   Following the two-minute silence, several individual Remembrance tributes were planted by dignitaries and the Cardiff and Defence Academy Military Wives Choirs performed for the hundreds of people who attended the service.   The Field of Remembrance features more…