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Missing “Bailey” found whilst owner is “live-on-air”!

“Bailey” is a 12 week old puppy, and went missing at 8:30am on Friday morning whilst walking by the golf course at East Surrey Hospital.

Bailey was scared by another bigger dog, resulting in him slipping his collar and running off. Owner Wendy Lacey, along with friends, had been looking for him since and as part of the search arranged to talk with presenter Neil Munday live on air.

During the telephone conversation, the interview was interrupted with the return of missing Bailey after about 30 hours!!
Hear Wendy’s chat with Neil.

We are pleased to report that after a visit to the vet, Bailey has been given a full bill of health.

(Pictured: Bailey happily reunited with the Lacey family)

Daryl’s Atlantic Row – Sabine’s update

Sabine Grainger
Sabine Grainger
Merstham born, DARYL FARMER, now living in Forest Row, set off on a “Christmas Atlantic Row” on Wednesday 14th December, sailing from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in the “Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge”, planning to arrive in March 2017.
  
  
  
  
 

Daryl is raising funds for two charities close to his heart, the “Peter Andre Fund” and the “East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS)”.

SABINE GRAINGER, Daryl’s partner, called in to her local community radio station, Uckfield FM, recently to give a progress report, and spoke with their presenter, Peter Suter.

Full details of Daryl’s challenge can be found in our news story HERE.
and
http://www.rowers-ark.com/

You can sponsor Daryl through his “just giving” page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/atlanticsolo2016
or at
https://www.gofundme.com/rowers-ark

You can follow Daryl and the race progress at https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/race-tracker/

Audio courtesy of Uckfield FM

Cinderella

This Christmas, pantomime returns to the London Palladium for the first time in nearly 30 years.


LONDON PALLADIUM
8 Argyll St,
Soho,
London
W1F 7TE

Phone: 0844 412 4655

Plays until 15th January, 2017

Website: https://seatplan.com/london/cinderella/
Twitter: @Cinderella_LDN

Photos by Paul Coltas & Steve Williams
©Tony Peters



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updated regularly, when he’ll bring you all the latest news and
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Daryl’s Atlantic Christmas row for charity

A 42 year old man, originally born in Merstham, and who is so passionate about raising money for a local animal charity, will be spending Christmas away from his family!

Alone at sea for 90 days, Daryl Farmer, now living in Forest Row, East Sussex, will be raising money for “East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service” (WRAS), rowing over 3,000 miles solo from La Gomera to Antigua starting on Wednesday, 14th December 2016. He will be one of 12 boats undertaking the “Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge”, and he will be one of only four soloists!

With no engine and no sails, Daryl will have to row every inch of the journey in his Pure Class traditional style ocean rowing boat, expecting to undertake approximately 1.5 million oar strokes to complete the journey.
The journey will test his durability, seeing him row for up to 18 hours a day!

“More people have been into space and successfully climbed Everest than rowed across the Atlantic” said Daryl Farmer, “I’ll be encountering waves up to 50ft high and need to carry everything I need in my boat with me for the entire journey, like all my food which includes almost 10kg of nuts alone, 1-2 chocolate bars a day, mini cheddars, liquorice, sesame bars and paste and many other meal packs of dehydrated food. I will need to eat 5,000 calories a day whilst rowing”.

Daryl’s boat “Bojangles” has a built in desalinator to produce drinking water and the communication and navigational equipment is powered by solar panels which produce 260watts of electricity.

Trevor Weeks MBE, founder of East Sussex WRAS, said “I take my hat off to Daryl, I think this is the riskiest, furthest and most challenging and demanding fundraising anyone has ever done to help support our charity. This makes me feel so humble and privileged to have been chosen when there are so many other causes out there. The wildlife of Sussex will certainly be grateful for his mammoth challenge which we hope will see WRAS able to replace one of its ageing ambulances”.

Before setting off, Daryl said “This challenge is the world’s most toughest rows, and I’m just one of four boats doing it solo. I’ve volunteered with WRAS for a couple of years now, and I am blown away by how such a small organisation has such a big impact on protecting nature and returning at risk wildlife back to the wild. The staff and volunteers work so hard and tirelessly, and I think this will be mirrored by my row.”

Anyone wanting to sponsor Daryl can do so via his just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/atlanticsolo2016
or
https://www.gofundme.com/rowers-ark

Anyone wanting to follow Daryl and race progress can do so at https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/race-tracker/

Buried Child

An Illinois farming family hold dark secrets.


TRAFALGAR STUDIOS
14 Whitehall,
London
SW1A 2DY

Phone: 0845 505 8500

Plays until 18th February, 2017

Website: http://trafalgar-studios.co.uk/

Photos by Johan Persson
©Tony Peters



You can listen to Tony’s theatre reviews on our web site, which is
updated regularly, when he’ll bring you all the latest news and
reviews from the West End and beyond.

Follow on Twitter: @tonypetersss
For all of Tony’s reviews, click HERE