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Technology Tips: Fake news?
Fake news, scam calls, hijacked websites and phishing emails, all designed to fool you, but often for different reasons. The obvious reason is to try to trick you into handing over your money (or giving away the access to your money) however others want to fool you into believing their rhetoric in order to further…
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These boots are made for walking… when it’s safe to do so!
My last article was about walking and looking out for the first signs of Spring! Then, along came COVID 19 – the most serious event in our lifetime since World War II, putting life, as we knew it, on hold! As I write, June 30, marks 100 days since the start of Lockdown and spring…
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Plans to build thousands of houses in Tandridge – dealt a devastating blow
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has refused to provide the money needed to upgrade Junction 6 on the M25. The upgrade is a precondition for work to start on the 4,000 home South Godstone “Garden Community”, and may even be needed before any substantial construction of houses whatsoever can be carried out…
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Parking enforcement restarted
Since 1st July, on street parking enforcement restarted, having been relaxed since 23 March. Penalty Charge Notices will be issued to vehicles if illegally parked or not abiding by parking restrictions, such as: Yellow lines. Loading restrictions. Yellow and white zig zag markings. Identified loading / waiting / disabled bays. As more people return to…
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Three Natural Stress Remedies
Let’s face it, 2020 is proving to be a pretty stressful year for most of us. Given that there’s no shortage of financial, social, familial, and work stress for many of us, what can we do to support resilience in the next few days, weeks, and months? Along with getting good sleep, eating well, cutting…
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Financial Focus: Corona Virus, Pensions, Health and Wealth
Pensions – which type do you have? If in what is commonly known as “drawdown”, which many of you will have if you are making use of the pension freedoms we have today, have you taken steps to protect your investment? I attended a two full day virtual conference recently, and amongst other speakers, heard…
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TANDRIDGE HEIGHTS RESIDENTS ENJOY WORLD’S GREATEST FLOWER SHOW
An international pandemic was not going to let organisers of the Royal Chelsea Flower Show, or residents at Tandridge Heights in Oxted, stop celebrating the event, as it was moved to a digital format. Taking place between 18th – 24th May, the world’s greatest flower show went digital, and brought an exciting line-up of world-leading…
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SUPPORTING VETERANS ACROSS SURREY
Age UK Surrey is delighted to announce that we are supporting veterans across Surrey through our Call of Friendship project. Although lockdown has eased, many people are still restricted in going out and feeling more isolated than ever before. The Call of Friendship project provides a range of support services to help veterans with practical…
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Technology Tips: New Age?
Hopefully by the time you read this our lockdown restrictions will have eased further but there may be many people who still need to continue to shield or self-isolate. Here are some pointers for those in isolation, and for those lucky enough to get back to some sort of normality, some comments on new ways…
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Kindness 2020
Not one part of the UK has been left untouched in some way by Covid 19. The virus has swept across not only the United Kingdom, but most of the world. Sadly we as a nation, seem to have been one of the worst hit countries, with a total of more than 40,000 Covid related…
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