SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE,
EVEN THE KIDS! |
Now we are half way through the summer holidays, is your
mind turning to getting the little darlings back into their uniforms and off to school
again in September? Are you dreading the cost of the new uniform when you only bought one
last term? Well you can pop along to your local BREAK charity shop for a 'Back to School'
bargain! Our 22 shops throughout East Anglia stock an array of children's clothing for
both school and play time, from skirts to shoes, trousers to ties! Don't forget though, if
your little ones have grown out of their school outfits, then why not donate them to a
BREAK shop so that someone else can benefit from them this term.
By supporting the BREAK shops you are helping to provide holidays and respite care for
children, adults and families with special needs, so when you've had a 'break' over the
summer, someone else will have a 'break' with your help too! BREAK shops sell a range of
quality donated items, including menu's and ladies clothing, books, bric-a-brac and much,
much more. Your local BREAK shops are located at Sheringham, Cromer, Holt and Fakenham.
For more information please call 01263 822161. |
| READERS
LETTER |
As a visitor to Sheringham over many years, I am writing
about the proposed Tesco development in the town. I am appalled by what is being planned
and hope that even at this late stage it can be stopped. I disagree with the idea of
having a large supermarket in Sheringham on two counts. It will cause the demise of the
smaller shops, such as the chemist, bakers, greengrocers, butchers and fishmongers as well
as the two local supermarket shops, the Co-op and Budgens. Anything, which means the
destruction of older buildings, must be deplored. I understand two cottages will be
knocked down under these plans. Surely as these are in a conservation area this can not be
allowed.
Sheringham is different from other seaside towns in the area. It has all the amenities one
needs for a good family holiday and yet it has not been allowed to become over
commercialised. Twenty members of family (four generations) have just had our annual
reunion. We do this because we regard Sheringham as a special place. I would be grateful
if you could make available my letter to all members of the District Council. (Or, whoever
will be making the final decision.) It goes without saying, that at the very least, we
would expect all councillors who vote for the Tesco development to resign afterwards, as
they can no longer seem to be serving the needs of Sheringham's residents or visitors.
Yours faithfully, Edward A Coney (and family).
This is a copy of the letter Mr Coney has sent to NNDC
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REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR OR
LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
Forms are being sent out to the District's 50,000 homes, simply complete and return it to
NNDC
For more information call Martin Austin 01263 516012 |
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KIDZ CORNER
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ANOTHER ONE FROM THE RIDDLER
Voiceless it cries, toothless it bites.
What is it?
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| WHO'S TEXTING? |
There's something exciting
about getting a text message or a phone call. Even better perhaps with your own
distinctive ring tone, or at least one that won't make everyone else in the room jump to
check their phones too. But beware! A BBC investigation in 2001 reported that young people
were spending as much as £300 on repeatedly changing ring tones. Chart songs soon go out
of fashion, and who wants the embarrassment of a tune that's just not cool?
To get hold of such products, mostly targeted at the youth end of the mobile phone market
(ring tones, games, logos, sports scores, etc) requires a premium rate phone call, as much
as £1.50 per minute and of course even more from a mobile. The series of electronic
bleeps may not even sound like the original and many were forced to be withdrawn late
2001. It's worth knowing that on the Internet, ring tones can often be downloaded for
free, at sites such as www.inphone.com or www.atomictones.com.
The people behind the trade can be much more sneaky than that however, the situation: you
receive a text message, it's an offer to receive a free ring tone. No problem, you reply
and download it to your phone, but in doing so you unwittingly subscribe to a service that
operates through "mobile terminated charging". In other words, the commercial
party has the power to charge you for receiving their messages after that, this can be as
much as £3 each time, even if you don't even listen to, let alone save the ring tone. In
my case, it took a fair few (expensive) phone calls to my network provider to find out how
to unsubscribe. This was then made a great deal more complicated than necessary, requiring
a combination of upper and lower case codes to be 'texted' to the business responsible.
In the UK, 7 out of 10 mobile phones are pre-pay, so there's no billing and little
support. SMS (short message) codes can be used to access content which is otherwise barred
in the home - simply send a "buy" order and back comes the product, draining the
credit. Worse still is the heavily pushed approach from numbers you don't recognise,
promises of cash rewards or that 'someone fancies you, call 090***** to find out who.' Not
only is this a premium rate phone call, but you could find yourself drawn into
"inappropriate" chat services or contacts. ICSITS, a consumer protection society
reported that one such case was linked to the disappearance and murder of two 10-year-old
girls. So take care, mobile phones have undoubtedly changed our lives a great deal, but
they've also made us more vulnerable too, getting a text message may not always be so
exciting after all.
Anna Clayton
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| My little girl was staring intently at Top of the Pops.
When I asked her why she was staring so hard, she said, 'If they are POP
STARS, when will they go pop?' |
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