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According to the National Audit Office, plans for the Durand Education Trust have been approved by the Department of Education Trust in Sussex without actually analysing its risk. It is reported that ministers approved for the £17mn free state boarding school in England without studying its effect. Department of Education has however warned that the fund will be given only if a business case is submitted. As per NAO, £330,000 has... Read More»

There will be a free exhibition on Thursday, open to the public, where King Alfred School takes over the Princess Theatre and Arts Centre, in Burnham, to exhibit their students' art work. The works on Thursday will be showcased from 1pm to 3pm. And again from 6pm to 9pm. The free exhibition will be open on Friday and Saturday too, from 10am to 3pm  and again from 6pm to 9am. On... Read More»

O2, one of the prominent mobile network operator of UK, has announced that it has extended its free WiFi hotspot covering London, to Canary Wharf. The new hotspots east of London would cover the busy shopping and business district and help an estimated 12 million users to access the O2 service. This includes the shopping malls of Canary Wharf, the plazas and outdoor parks spread over 20 acres. The company... Read More»

Lancashire Adult Learning will conduct free course next month (July) for currently unemployed people in Lancashire. This course is aimed at developing skills and knowledge of such people for free. Apart from this, the course will also help to improve personal and family life apart from social well being. The course by name ‘The First Steps To Working in Health and Social Care’ will be held for four days that is... Read More»

Microsoft announced about free offer of either of the covers (Touch or Type cover keyboard) as you buy an ARM-based Surface RT running Windows RT. Both the Type and Touch covers help to protect and personalise Surface RT. This offer will be available through Microsoft’s online store and participating retailers. Offer will be available to customers of Western Europe until June 30. Places covered in Europe are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France,... Read More»

Commemorating the World Book Night, that falls on 23rd April, free books will be given away at  Monifieth, Montrose, Brechin, Arbroath, Kirriemuir and Forfar. World Book Night is an event that  celebrates the love of reading and of books. Thousands of book loving volunteers will gift books, specially chosen for the event, in their communities. The Reading Agency is an organisation that specialises in spreading the habit of reading... Read More»

The district council and Derbyshire Police will give away free smartwater kits to the residents in Ashbourne next week between Monday and Wednesday. The campaign is run by the Derbyshire Dales Community Safety Partnership. Advice on crime prevention will also be given. The kit contains Smartwater, registration and signs that will help owners get back their missing properties. Smartwater is a liquid that is capable of... Read More»

Thanks to a Hackney based project and part of a charity scheme by the Helen Bamber Foundation, The Bike Project, with the cooperation of the London Metropolitan Police, will be handing over thousands of free bikes to refugees and asylum seekers. A bike given to London's most vulnerable people can help them through the road to survival. Director of The Bike Project, Jan Stein agrees that a bike will... Read More»

Good news for Berwick Speedway Supporters’ Club as The Tigers at Glasgow has decided to provide free bus service for supporters of Bandits to Ashfield this Sunday. Glasgow Tigers is a team belonging to speedway and is based in Shielfield Park. The new League Cup competition will be held in two places (Shielfield on Saturday and Ashfield on Sunday afternoon). Interested persons can call Lisa on 07773759864 to take... Read More»

Network rail stations throughout the UK will get free WiFi service. Thanks to The Cloud for having teamed up with Microsoft. This campaign will run for a month until April 24th. Few selected rail stations in UK currently receive free WiFi service for upto 15 minutes every day. UK businessmen are connected online and hence access their devices such as tablets and smartphones. And now Microsoft will help businessmen even... Read More»

Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council will offer free cycle training to the residents of Oxford so that they can gain more confidence while cycling. It is mainly focused on nervous cyclists who find it difficult to ride on the roads and seem to be the most challenging job. The training session will allow you to get used to handling the cycle off the road and then get onto... Read More»

The charity- Children's Society, says that for many low income families their children don't get the free school meal. It's simply because the parents are working, no matter how little they earn. For some children this could be the only proper meal they can get in a day. More than half of the youngsters in Mid Devon are missing out. The society compiled a study to find that 1,400... Read More»

The Thames-side Promenade which is off Richard Avenue allows free parking for sight-seeing visitors. But the privilege is being abused, say local councillors. Commuters are leaving their cars all day, to go into town centre for work, or to shop. This place is near to the Reading Rowing Club. To overcome this situation the council's cabinet committee, due to meet on Monday, may approve introduction of fees for parking.... Read More»

Dale and Valley Homes along with Bishop Auckland College is offering council tenants of Wear Valley a chance to learn the basics and skills for free. This has been decided as customers may need to manage their welfare benefits online thereafter. This decision has been taken keeping in mind that most of the customers would not be proficient in computer language. Learners can take level one and take up level... Read More»

The Pulhams of Broxbourne was a recent exhibition at the museum. Free tickets will be given to the Friends of Hoddesdon's Lowewood Museum.  The additional lecture on this subject is to be held at United Reformed Church, Mill Lane, Broxbourne, which is the talk titled 'The Pulham's of Broxbourne'. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, the 5th of March, at 8:00pm. For others, the admission is £2 and... Read More»

Free parking plan that was introduced by the new Labour administration of Burnley town centre has been cut off by the council due to fewer visitors. Earlier, shoppers could use free parking facility on some Saturdays during the months beginning from August to October last year. Many motorists also have complained about their inability to understand when and where the free parking was available. The fund set aside for free... Read More»

The free book scheme by the Imagination Library provides every child in the scheme to get a book every month, starting from birth, up to the child's 5th birthday. It was Dolly Parton, the legendary singer of country music, who started the library scheme in 1996, in America. In 2008, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council rolled out the scheme. 20,662 children had registered by last March. The Isle of Axholme... Read More»

Free milk offered to school children below the age of five and to those on free school meal might be stopped despite the fact that this practice has been continuing for the last 90 years. This decision was taken by the Government so as to use the fund for some other purpose within the school. However, head teachers of Fylde are finding it hard to make a decision on... Read More»

A free concert, titled “Sir Scallywag and The Golden Underpants”, for schoolchildren, is scheduled to be held on 18th March. The concert will be at Priority Place Methodist Church and it had sold out 800 tickets in 2 hours. Schoolchildren from 12 local schools will be participating in the interactive concert at Doncaster. Music in the Round has partnered with Doncaster Community Arts to present the show, written by... Read More»

A Unibus service will be introduced between the University of York and Kings Manor according to announcement of YUSU President Kallum Taylor. It will be free for on-campus Kings Manor students. The free bus service was planned for the next academic year, but the plan has been forwarded to begin earlier by a term. It will benefit the students to attend seminars, lectures and supervision meetings in the campus,... Read More»