Sunday Telegraph Bill Clinton, the former American president, is to host a big underground party in London with the actors Gwyneth Paltrow and Damian Lewis. While the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee are London’s biggest attractions this year, the most coveted invitation among socialites is likely to be to an underground party. Mandrake can […]

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Racing Post BILLIONAIRES David and Simon Reuben have dipped their toes into racehorse ownership for the first time with a two-year-old in training with David Simcock. In a charity venture initiated by Dr Marwan Koukash on behalf of Racing Welfare, the brothers, who own Notthern Racing and are in the process of adding Arena Leisure […]

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The Guardian Two-year-old colt is believed to have earned £20,000 already for Racing Welfare, which supports stable and stud staff The burden of expectation sits heavily across the slender shoulders of all two-year-old racehorses but will be especially great this summer for one such animal, who has been donated to one charity and will, it […]

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The Oxford Times OXFORD: The new business faculty at Oxford Spires Academy will be sponsored by the Reuben Foundation after it made a big donation. The foundation refused to reveal the figure, but it will pay for ICT equipment, a business-style break-out area and staff offices. The business faculty for the academy is planned to […]

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Evening Standard A scholarship scheme launched today will give 30 bright students money to pay their way through university. The Reuben Foundation will pay more than £780,000 to help teenagers from poor backgrounds study for degrees. The foundation, which makes charitable donations on behalf of philanthropist brothers David and Simon Reuben, will pay for 15 […]

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Fresh Business Thinking (website) London’s Mayor Boris Johnson will tonight (Monday) celebrate the vital role volunteers play in society by hosting a carol service in their honour in Southwark Cathedral. The free public event will include readings by young people who volunteer as members of the City Year London Corps, which specialises in education and […]

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Sunday Express A SCANNER that can detect breast cancer without using radiation more effectively than traditional X-ray mammograms is being hailed as a breakthrough. The new device finds tumours in the breast by using infra red beams and thermal energy. Scientists at Real Imaging, the Israeli inventors of the scanner, found women with breast cancer […]

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BBC News A £4.5m scheme has been launched to find 10,000 volunteers to “improve the quality of life” in London. Six projects will seek people to give their time to youth groups, mentoring, sports coaching, tree planting and learning support for older people. Team London is based on the Cities of Service Model scheme which […]

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Evening Standard Samantha Cameron today hailed Boris Johnson’s ambitious New York-style volunteering programme, which he believes will mobilise about 10,000 Londoners. The Prime Minister’s wife appeared alongside the Mayor at City Hall to launch the £4.5 million Team London scheme which Mr Johnson says will create an “army of community-spirited volunteers”. The Mayor hopes thousands […]

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Third Sector Online The Team London fund will give voluntary sector grants of up to £10,000 to increase volunteer numbers. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced a new £4m grant fund to encourage volunteering in the capital. The fund, called Team London, will give grants worth up to £10,000 to voluntary sector organisations […]

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