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Elizabeth Kelly

Sharing interest with Swaziland

949206387 KGKfa S Sharing interest with Swaziland An international development charity in Newcastle has been awarded just over £500,000 to fund business skills training in one of Africa’s poorest countries.

Thanks to funding from Comic Relief, Shared Interest Foundation will begin working with businesses in Swaziland next year to increase their opportunities to earn a fair wage.

Working in collaboration with the Swaziland

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Surf's Up

689101910 AcetX S Surfs UpThe average silver surfer is now 100 per cent computer savvy – and spends 26 hours a week online.

Emailing, internet banking and shopping means the over 50s spend around 1,369 hours – or 57 days – a year logged on to the worldwide web.

A new study found more than half said the internet had made their lives easier while a

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Dental practice pioneers credit-crunch tooth whitening

756263671 AVARp S Dental practice pioneers credit crunch tooth whitening

Richard Fretwell of Guidepost Dental Practice.

A dental practice in Northumberland has been selected as the first in the North East to supply a new system of professional teeth whitening.

The Guidepost Dental Practice near Choppington, run by leading cosmetic dentists Richard and Josie Fretwell, is one

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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Our Kids Do

Over half of UK kids (51%) think they’ll be a millionaire one day according to a survey of 3,000 six to ten-year-olds by Tesco Savings.

The recession has clearly not put a damper on children’s optimism about their financial futures. Boys remain the more confident: while millionaires account for only for 0.5% of the UK adult population*, 57% of boys aged six to ten expect to reach millionaire status one day.

This same financial

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