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The Dorset Cancer Care Foundation supports cancer-hit families
A charity has helped a mum of three pay the mortgage after she was diagnosed with cancer. The Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) provides financial assistance to Dorset residents and their families who are struggling with money due to cancer. It paid the mortgage of Sam Funnel, who had just given birth to her third child when she learnt she had breast cancer. Mrs Funnel said the charity kept a roof over her family's heads.
Egg freezing gives Oxford woman 'sense of control' Original
A woman who had her eggs frozen wants to "remove the shame" surrounding it among the Asian community. Kohinoor Sahota said she made the decision after being made redundant and becoming single during the pandemic. "I felt like I wasn't just mourning the loss of a partner but the loss of a potential family", she said.
Child therapist raises awareness of selective mutism Original
Image caption, Nursery staff told Charlie's parents they had never heard him talk A child therapist in the south of England is calling for more understanding of and its wider impacts. Lucy Nathanson is a specialist on selective mutism and is on a mission to raise awareness of the issue. The condition affects one in every 140 children. Ms Nathanson said that it could be overcome and children needed help "to do that tiny little step more than they could in the past".
Isle of Wight scheme aims to reverse poor literacy record Original
Children on the Isle of Wight could be at greater risk of committing crimes because literacy levels there are so low, education chiefs have said. Across the UK, one in four children are below their reading age when they reach secondary school. On the Isle of Wight, it is one in three. The island also has the worst Key Stage 2 results of any local authority in England. The community is now coming together to try to reverse this.
Dorset teacher's guitar skills see him through to next stage of America's Got Talent
Image source, America's Got Talent/Fremantle Media Image caption, John Wines travelled from his home in Dorset to audition on America's Got Talent A teacher is through to the next stage of America's Got Talent after wowing judges with his guitar skills. John Wines is usually busy teaching students at Bourne Academy in Bournemouth. But when a student was nervous ahead of a school performance, the 59-year-old decided to take a chance applying for the show in America.
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