Road safety ‘heroes’ The Conies are encouraging families across the UK to promote child safety. The family of traffic cone shaped cartoon characters were created by Fay Goodman, managing director of Birmingham-based DriveSafe and StaySafe. The Conies are taking on the well-worn mantle of The Green Cross Code Man and […]
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There is an organisation in Central Europe the consumerwatchfoundation.com is supporting as part of our campaigning remit – Digital Angels. This how it describes itself – ‘deflecting pain is a prime function of Digital Angels’. What Digital Angels does is recycle unwanted company computers and passes them on to good […]
Arms wrapped tightly around my driver as he weaves our moped through cars to an orchestra of horns. The wind whips through my hair and the smells that fill it are heady, awakening my senses with sweet perfumes and spices that quickly flit to a stomach-turning sewer and rot. The […]
As almost 100 international climate scientists brought together by the United Nations warned that we are headed for catastrophe, a ‘quiet man’ of the mountains has been working, in his own words, to save the world. Scientists have told governments to take “unprecedented” action to reverse climate change. Global warming, […]
This is what authorities in Torrevieja fought for more than a year to turn off – the music of the beaches. Thousands of Brits and Spanish music lovers were shocked last year to find that iconic beach bars in Punta Prima on the Costa Blanca were closed without warning after […]
Divorced and estranged parents who deliberately turn their children against ex-partners are guilty of abuse, the head of the Britain’s family courts agency has finally agreed. This comes as a small sense of relief for groups set up to fight what is seen by many as a deliberate bias within […]
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