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Youth Work - Shine Fresh

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Our local community radio station 102.4 Shine FM are to hold a competition for the best primary school choir in the Banbridge District.

"This will be a wonderful opportunity for children to compete against each other in a friendly manner, build their confidence and promote their school." said Dougie Barr, the Shine FM Chairman. "We believe this will help promote Shine FM as it will be a voice for the local community on air."

The Station are also looking for local sponsors and a venue for the event.So if you think that you would like to become a sponsor or could host the event please contact the station.

The exact dates for the event will be published shortly and the Grand Final's date/time will be set to suit the school terms and exams in 2010.

We are also hoping to have a Children’s Story programme competition. This consists of children writing their own story and the winner/runner up will get an opportunity to come into the studio and read their story out on air.

We have attached a set of rules and returned slip which we would like you to return by 18/9/09 to let us know if your school would be interested in taking part. An official entry form will be issued later.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN IRELAND WOULD PAY MORE FOR A GREEN HOME


Head of the Energy Saving Trust in N.I. Noel Williams with solar panels

--- Over half of people would pay more for a home that had been fitted with a renewable energy source---

--Nearly three quarters want to know if their home is suitable for renewable energy --

Changes in the environment and changes to their income are changing the priorities and attitudes of householders across Northern Ireland.

Research released today (Tuesday 1 September) by the Energy Saving Trust reveals that over half of Northern Ireland’s householders are happy to ‘speculate to accumulate’ when it comes to house buying decisions.
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Ancestors MCC are a small MCC, but have been around for a long time, infact this year is our 20th Anniversary. Our members come from all over the Northern Ireland (Coleraine, Antrim, Kells, Larne, Glenarm, Belfast, Banbridge, Ballynahinch & Killeagh) and on all sorts of bikes. We meet at the start of each month to chat about the club, rallies, ride-outs and basically have a laugh at each others expense. We all try and get to as many rallies, rock nights and runs as possible.

We hold a rally every year in August, its always a good laugh and everyone has a great time, we also have our annual Christmas Toy Run at the start of December where all proceeds go to charity and hopefully a couple of Rock Nights thrown in throughout the year.
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By Jon Lambert

The future isn’t another country: its another planet. Jon Lambert docks with the Audacious City Church crew to see what church could look like.



You’ve seen the footage. A lone man steps from the ladder of his lunar module. He utters those immortal words and plants the stars & stripes in the moon-dust. To Neil Armstrong, the Apollo landing was his life’s ambition. It was a chance in a million, and when the call came he was prepared. He simply stepped out and made his mark on history. This summer finds Audacious City Church taking their own small step, and to these guys making history is child’s play.
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Consultation on Draft Statutory Code of Practice
The Equality Commission has developed a Draft Statutory Code on the Disability Discrimination (Transport Vehicles) Regulations (NI) 2009.

The aim is to explain the changes in the law as a result of the new Regulations which are due to come into effect at the end of 2009. The Code will provide guidance to transport providers, advisors and disabled people on the scope of the Regulations.

The EC would welcome your views on the Draft Code. The purpose of the consultation is to obtain views on the usefulness of the Draft Code in achieving the aim as set out above.
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Everyone dreads coming home after a well earned holiday, but your low mood could turn into a complete nightmare if you come home to find you've been burgled.

The Digital Criminal Report highlights that social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are increasingly being used by burglars to identify potential targets.

They are using the sites to make friends with people, find out details about their homes and information on when they're going away. They then check potential target properties using sites like Google Street View.
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The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) today releases its annual British Behaviour Abroad report that reveals Britons are continuing to get into trouble abroad, with key concerns including drink and drug related cases.

The report, based on incident figures from FCO offices around the world, reveals that over the period April 08 – March 09, 5,430 Britons needed consular assistance in Spain; there were 1,534 British arrests in the USA; 2,446 passports were lost or stolen in Australia; 433 Britons were hospitalised in Greece and 611 died in the last year.
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CUBA: HEFTY FINE FOR PASTOR’S WIFE WHO MISCARRIED AFTER STREET ATTACK
A Pastor’s wife who lost her baby after a neighbour attacked her on the street, is being fined the equivalent of over two months salary, accused by the authorities of ‘disturbing the public order’ on that day.

Gilianys Meneses de los Rios, daughter-in-law to Reverend Roberto Rodriguez and wife to Pastor Eric Gabriel Rodriguez, faced Cuba’s Placetas Tribunal on Monday 17 August. She is being fined 600 pesos, which is twice the average monthly salary in Cuba, for being attacked on the street by the wife of a neighbour in December 2008.
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A WARNING has been issued to parents, urging them to be on their guard against meningitis as their children return to school after the summer holidays.

Charity Meningitis UK says the close confines of a classroom put youngsters more at risk from the deadly brain bug.

There are also concerns that the swine flu pandemic may result in meningitis being missed because both illnesses begin with flu-like symptoms.

Children under five are most at-risk from the killer disease, followed by teenagers and students.
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CUBAN GOVERNMENT CHARGE CHURCH LEADERS WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
A church leader from a fast growing independent Church movement in Cuba is being accused of criminal activity by the Government just one month after a Pastor from the same group was sentenced to six years in prison.

This follows the recent detention at least sixty pastors and leaders in May and June.

Alexi Perez has been in prison for over a month accused of illicit economic activity. Although the original charges against him have been dropped, he now faces a new charge of illegally receiving construction materials.
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