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A woman I know offered to be a reading helper at her local primary school in the second week of September.
A laminated notice appears on a lamppost at the end of the road. Someone photographs it, puts it in the street WhatsApp group, and within an hour forty people are furious.
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A woman I know offered to be a reading helper at her local primary school in the second week of September.
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Every November, people decide they want to volunteer on Christmas Day, start ringing round in mid December, and find every...
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When the first proper snow arrives, gritters stick to main roads and bus routes, and the side streets where older neighbours...
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