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Clubs and Societies AINGLEAN GHEATA SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 1st & 3rd Sun of month, 7.30pm - 8.30pm, Royal British Legion Club, Forres. Donation at the door. Healing available 7pm. Tea/coffee 50p. See Facebook. AL-ANON (FORRES) Thurs, 7pm, the Tolbooth, Forres. For family & friends of alcoholics. Helpline 0800 0086 811 DALLAS PARENTS AND TODDLERS Mon, 2pm - 4pm, Dallas Hall. Come join us for a cuppa & play. Call Susan or Emma on 01343 890439 or 01343 890479 FALCONER MUSEUM, FORRES Mon - Sat (Apr - Oct), 10am 5pm (excl public hols). Free admission. Call 01309 673701 or museums.forres@moray.gov.uk

a creative session with lunch included. Call Edward Fitsell on 01309 690700 or email at carefarm@findhorn.org www.findhornbaycarefarm.org FINDHORN BOWLING CLUB Daily (Apr - Sept), 9am - 9pm, Church Place, Findhorn. All ages & abilities welcome. Call Joan Tomkinson on 01309 673847 FORRES SMALLBORE RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB Rifle, air rifle & air pistol target shooting. Call Donald MacRae on 01309 675345 FORRES AND NAIRN DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION (Apr - Sept). A football league made up from clubs & pubs in the Forres & Nairn areas. For age 16 +. Call Mashy Young on 07796 524050 or email at forresnairnwfa@hotmail.co.uk

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FORRES ARTHRITITS SUPPORT GROUP Last Thurs of month, Forres Town Hall. Speakers & demos. Call Marie McKay on 01309 673505 FORRES OSPREY TRUST Minibus for use of elderly & disabled people from Forres, Kinloss, Findhorn & environs for outings, meetings & clubs. The Trust is always keen for volunteers to assist in the day to day running of the vehicle. Call Magdalene Edmond on 01309 617155 or 07593167006. Email at ospreytrust@gmail.com FORRES SQUASH & FITNESS CLUB Sun, 7.15pm, club night when a warm welcome will always be extended. 2 squash courts & 2 small gyms available any time of the day or night. Call John Mckenzie on 01309 672103

FORRES ST LAWRENCE CRICKET CLUB Sat & Sun: Senior & Reserve cricket; Thurs: Adult coaching, 6pm & Fri: Junior (from 8 yrs), 6pm. All coaching in Grant Park. New players & volunteer helpers

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KNIT & NATTER Tues, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Findhorn Village Centre. All ages welcome. Join us for some fun & chatter. Call Karin on 01309 692339. LGBT MORAY YOUTH Social networking group online on Facebook at 'LGBT Moray Youth'. Young volunteers wanted to help start a group in Moray. Email Katie Quartly at lgbtmorayyouth@gmail.com. See Facebook at "LGBT Moray Youth"

MORAY THRESHOLD SINGERS Women's choir offers to sing to people who are seriously ill & those approaching the end of life, in their own home, care home or hospital to bring comfort & ease. Call Chloe Greenwood on 07769 796672 www.thresholdchoir.org/moray

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT (FORRES FUNDRAISING GROUP) Fundraising For Macmillan Cancer Support in Forres, Kinloss, Findhorn & District Areas. New volunteers welcome! See Facebook Page for upcoming events "Forres Macmillan Fundraising Group" Call Sue Hellon on 01309 678875. www.macmillan.org.uk

NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST Antenatal classes & breastfeeding support. Meetings & outings in Forres & Elgin areas led by volunteers. Offer parents & parents-to-be invaluable support, services & NCT events, to help them get the most out of their new roles. Call 020 87522392 or email at nct_moray@yahoo.co.uk

MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB 2nd Wed of month, 7.30pm, The Tolbooth, Forres. Annual fee. New members welcome. Call Jean Holder on 01309 672552 MORAY BURIAL GROUND RESEARCH GROUP (MBGRG) Researching & recording monumental inscriptions in churchyards & cemeteries in Moray, which also includes part of the old county of Banff. MBGRG is a full member of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies. Call Helen Mitchell on 01343 546620 or email at coordinator@mbgrg.org www.mbgrg.org

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RAFFORD WRI 3rd Wed of month (Sept - May), 7.30pm, Rafford Village Hall. Talks or demos & competition. New members very welcome. Call Alison Prentice on 01309 672380

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have trusted in Him, for He can never sin, therefore, can never lie. To whom is He speaking? Everyone on the planet ~ every community in every region of every country. Troubles, cares, anxieties, sorrows, discontent, abound everywhere. The rich and educated have them as much as the poor and uneducated. What has caused such troubles, weariness, burdens and aching hearts? Sin and departure from God! Reluctant to confess it, secretly you feel a burden on your heart but don’t know how to get rid of it. It matters nothing what you are or what you have been. Stop arguing against your own happiness and admit you are one of those Jesus is addressing right now! What is He speaking? “Come unto Me.” Not, ‘Go and do good works,’ or ‘stand still and wait,’ or ‘pay Me what you owe.’ He says, “Come to Me.” Not, ‘come to church,’ ‘come and take Communion.’ Millions did that who today are in hell. On their arrival they were amazed: “Why am I here, I believed about Jesus?” “So did we,” the demons laugh mockingly, “but we never trusted and obeyed Him and neither did you!” Devoid of sufficient goodness to commend you, just come with your sins to Jesus directly, completely and unreservedly.

Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Service, Sundays at 12:15pm Tel: 01309 674375. Email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Dyke and Edinkillie Parish Church of Scotland Dyke Family Service Sunday : 10am. Edinkillie Sunday Service: 11.30am Alternate monthly services on the first Sunday of each month at 11am. Tea/coffee after every service. Contact Jane Foster (Session Clerk) on 01309 641257 Elgin Mosque 78 South Street, Elgin IV30 1JG. www.elginmosque.org.uk Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly. Kinloss and Findhorn 10am. Alves first Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690359. Lighthouse Baptist Church Clovenside Chapel, Forres. Sunday service 10:30am and 6.30pm. Refreshments served afterwards. Contact: 01309 676974. Email: info@lighthousechurch.co.uk Website: www.forresbaptistchurch.org Moray Presbytery www.moraypresbytery.org.uk Pluscarden Abbey Weekday Mass 9am. Sunday Mass 8am - English and 10am - Latin. See www.pluscardenabbey.org/services for full timetable of services. Rafford Church Sundays at 9.30am: praise and worship with Sunday School - Bible story, songs, dance, games and craft. 1st

There are some invitations in this life which are better and wiser to decline. There is one invitation which ought always to be accepted … the one Jesus is speaking to you today. What does He promise? Rest! How pleasant physical rest is after a long day’s work, but this is rest for your heart. Some people are minted, yet their hearts are starving in the midst of worldly plenty. Jesus gives rest of heart, conscience, mind, will, with sins forgiven and peace with God. Implanting His Spirit in the heart, assuring them that they are now His children, they find old things have passed away and all things have become new. Discovering the purpose of life, Jesus puts everything in order. There is only one place to find such rest ~ government cannot give it; education cannot impart it; pleasure cannot supply it; money cannot buy it ~ it is found only in the hand of Jesus! Come and take it today and when you have it, it will follow you throughout life, death and into heaven, where you will enjoy ultimate rest and forever be thankful that you heard and accepted Jesus’ invitation here to ‘come!’

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Sunday of the month 9.30am: traditional service, followed by a Family service for all ages at 10.30am, with stories, craft and contemporary musical worship. Tea, coffee and a time of general fellowship after all services.Tel: Heather Mackenzie (Session Clerk): 01309 674245. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RaffordParishChurch/ St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: Communion. 10am: Family Communion. Tel: 01309 672856. Email: clergystjohnsforres@gmail.com Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com or visit www.stlaurencechurchforres.org.uk St Leonards Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. For any information call 01309 672380 or visit www.stleonardschurchforres.com St Margaret’s Catholic Church Mass on Tuesday & Thursday at 10am and Sunday 10:30am. Contact Father Colin Stewart on 01343 542280 If you are a member of a church not listed here and would like to be considered for inclusion or if there are any amendments to be made to existing details, email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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28 thursday moray society: the scottish dolphin centre; speaker lorna hall 2.30pm, elgin museum hall, 1 high street, elgin, £3, £2 for moray society members, £1.50. call mary shand on 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk. www.elginmuseum.org.uk spynie soup & sweet lunch 12pm - 2pm, spynie village hall. suggested donation £3. duffus, spynie & hopeman church will be holding their monthly soup & sweet lunch. everyone welcome. call elsie watson on 01343 543914 or elsie.watson121@btinernet.com inverness music festival open piano competition 6.30pm, eden court theatre. £4 adults, £1 children. duets 6.30pm followed by solo piano recitals from around 7.15pm. music by gershwin, brahms, kapustin & much more. email the festival administrator at admin@invernessmusicfestival.org www.invernessmusicfestival.org

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centre, inverness. £15. spring fashion, hair & makeup demos, music, dj, entertainment & stalls. email adele at marketing@eastgate-centre.co.uk sigma: new views of the sun's hot corona; speaker dr iain hannah, university of glasgow. why is the sun’s outer atmosphere, (corona) hotter than its surface? 7.30pm, birnie village hall, nr elgin. www.sigma-astro.co.uk inverness festival association open strings competition: orchestras 6.30pm, open strings 7.20pm, eden court theatre. £4 adults, £1 children. featuring music by debussy, donizetti, schumann, etc. email the festival administrator at admin@invernessmusicfestival.org. www.invenessmusicfestival.org film night - paul apostle of christ 7pm, forres lighthouse baptist church clovenside forres. £2 suggested donation. join us for film night. all welcome. popcorn provided! call rosemary pannell 07783 669171 or contactforreslighthouse@gmail.com

2 saturday the inverness battle of the bands: final@tooth & claw, inverness tbc, 21 acts ranging from rock to hip-hop to acoustic to metal reap's community gardening at cooper park 10.30am - 12.30pm, cooper park, elgin free. we will be harvesting & prepping the beds for the new growing season come along for the whole time or just drop in. call 01542 888070 or email at info@reapscotland.org.uk. www.reapscotland.org.uk the sensational david bowie tribute band@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com faces places (film) 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, the park, forres. £5 on door. (in french with english subtitles). call 01309 691170 (enquiries only) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com www.universalhall.co.uk highland seafood, produce & crafts market 10am 2pm, inverness college uhi. free. fresh seafood & meats, tasty baked goods including bread, cakes & traybakes, plus other local produce, cookery demonstrations & whisky tasting. email events.ic@uhi.ac.uk quiz night in aid of elgin amateur athletics club & the moray sports centre 6.30pm for 7pm start, new elgin & ashgrove public hall. adult £5; children £3. to book your table call violet beattie on 01343 551021 or email at info.elginaac@gmail.com inverness music festival scottish traditional night 6.30pm - 9.30pm, eden court theatre, inverness £4 adults; £1 children. open fiddle competition, curtis craig trophy for piping, scottish traditional ensembles & bands of all ages. email the festival administrator at admin@invernessmusicfestival.org. www.invenessmusicfestival.org alfie@the seaforth club nairn 9pm. call colin on 07845 010014 or email colbarron@aol.com

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2 saturday - 23 saturday free adult tennis coaching 10.30am, forres tennis club. free. block of 4 weeks coaching at ftc for adult beginners or those returning to tennis. call annerle douglas on 07762 619896 or email at forrestennisclub@outlook.com www.forrestennisclub.co.uk

3 sunday nairn 10k & fun run 2.30pm, the high street, nairn moravian orienteering: darnaway national event 10.15am - 11.45am - registration, darnaway. the event will be sign posted from the a96, east of brodie. the road from the a96 to conicavel is single track & winding in places. please take care. www.moravianorienteering.org dan snow: an evening with the 'history guy' 7.30pm, the empire theatre, eden court, inverness anecdotes of memorable experiences from his very successful career as an historian & broadcaster

4 monday the slow readers' club@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com inverness music festival big sing! 7pm, eden court theatre. inverness. £4; £3; £1. local choirs, incl highland voices, forres big choir, the accidentals, howlin gaels, inverness singers, etc. email the festival administrator at admin@invernessmusicfestival.org. www.invenessmusicfestival.org

5 tuesday moray field club indoor meeting: standing stones & stone circles; speaker howie firth 7.30pm, the lounge, elgin town hall. £2 (incl tea & coffee). call sara marsh on 07840 285438 or email morayfieldclub@gmail.com dyslexia scotland masterclass for parents 7pm 9pm, maisondieu suite, the laichmoray hotel, elgin. free.no need to book. dyslexia - what to look for, how it can affect your child, homework & study tips, the education system, etc call mandy clinch on 07730 373933 or email at mandy_frankland@hotmail.com www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/events shrove tuesday pancake coffee morning all proceeds to christian aid 10am - 12pm, elgin high church, north guildry street, elgin. £3 inverness music festival: battle of the bands! 6.30pm primary orchestras, 7.30pm battle, eden court, inverness. adults £4; children £1. the jads, parma violet, flying knee, fruit origin controller and jade paperweights compete for the title. email the festival administrator at admin@invernessmusicfestival.org. www.invenessmusicfestival.org admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

6 wednesday mcgoldrick, mccusker & doyle (music)@universal hall, findhorn, the park, forres, 7.30pm. £14; £12 concs; £10 u16s. call 01309 691170 (enquiries only) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com www.universalhall.co.uk forres heritage (winter talk): lord strathcona; speaker - dr andrew dilly on donald smith & how his life was shaped by the expansion of empire & the global economy in the nineteenth century, & how those had an impact back home in scotland 7pm - 10pm, the tolbooth, forres. £5 - tickets from the forres area credit. call claire doughty on 07846145050 elgin writers' group: opening night 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library, cooper park. welcome activity with acrostics & closing date for winter competition (1) www.elginwriters.wordpress.com moray apprentice showcase 6pm - 8pm, the mansfield hotel, elgin. free - booking via website. for moray parents /carers & hosted by dyw moray & sds moray. www.eventbrite.co.uk inverness festival association premier competition 7.15pm, eden court, inverness. £6. the winners of our open solo music classes compete for the premier trophies. email the festival administrator at admin@invernessmusicfestival.org. www.invenessmusicfestival.org

7 thursday nairn & district gardening club: an evening of floristry to welcome the spring; a demonstration by bev and caroline of wild blossom, forres 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. annual membership £20 non-members £4. call anne vincent on 01667 462410 or email at annevincent27@btinternet.com www.spanglefish.com/nairnanddistrictgardeningclub

7 thursday - 9 saturday elgin musical theatre: "9 to 5" 7.30pm & matinee on 9th at 2pm, elgin town hall. £12. bookings essential via the emt box office www.elginmusicaltheatre.com

8 friday international women's day coffee morning 10.30am to 12.30pm, elgin museum hall, 1 high street, elgin free, donations gratefully accepted. a chance to get together and highlight this special day. call mary shand on 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk. www.elginmuseum.org.uk nairn literary institute: digital exploration of marine life around the scottish highlands. speaker - gordon brown 7.30pm, nairn free church, gordon street, nairn gordon james & the power@the ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com

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friends of falconer museum (winter talk): the rae project; 3d digital documentation of historic environment scotland's properties in care including the sueno stone. speaker - james hepher 7pm 8pm, falconer museum, forres. £2 (members); £3 (non-members). call the friends of the falconer museum on 01309 673701 or kirsty conti on 01343 563406. email at museums.forres@moray.gov.uk www.falconermuseum.co.uk moray bird club: agm & 3 short talks on the national seabird count, swifts in the urban environment, photographing fishing ospreys 7.30pm, elgin museum hall, 1 high st, elgin. soc members £2, nonmembers £3. email alison ritchie at moraysecretary@the-soc.org.uk

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12 tuesday elgin community council monthly meeting 7pm 9pm, council chamber, council hq, high street, elgin cal iain catto on 01343543190 or email at iscatto@talktalk.net the elgin flower club: "all washed up";demonstrator audrey buchan, montrose 7.30pm, high church hall, north guildry street, elgin. www.elginflowerclub.com

13 wednesday the arts society speyside lecture: 'frieda kahlo & diego rivera: the golden age of mexican painting’ 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. visitors £7 donation. call karen weller on page 28 - March 2019

naturally 7 - inverness@the ironworks, inverness, 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com quiz night in aid of lossiemouth rnli 7.30pm for 8pm, sports & social club, queens lane, lossiemouth. £3 per head. max 6 per team. refreshments & a raffle the opera boys 7pm - 10pm, elgin town hall. £18.45 all welcome. seated event the highlander's museum: wwi exhibition; the war coming home tbc, the highlanders' museum, fort george, ardersier. call ann-marie peckham on 0131 3108764. www.thehighlandersmuseum.com cinema nairn: three billboards outside ebbing missouri (15) 7.30pm, nairn community and arts centre. adults £5; u18s £3. call 01667 453476 or email at enquiries@cinema-nairn.co.uk. www.cinema-nairn.co.uk

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19 tuesday macmillan cancer support forres annual general meeting 7.30pm, forres town hall. new volunteers most welcome & know you are supporting those living with cancer. call sue hellon on 01309 678875 stiff little fingers@the ironworks, inverness tbc

20 wednesday ross ainslie & ali hutton – symbiosis (music) 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, the park, forres. £15; £13 concs; £11 u16s. call 01309 691170 (enquiries only) or email uhallpromo@gmail.com williamson foodservice trade show 2019 10.30am 5pm, the kingsmills hotel, inverness. a free trade show event that brings together over 60 suppliers from all over the uk who will demonstrate their products to the hospitality, catering & retail sectors of the highlands & islands. call 0345 450 8888

21 thursday clan cancer coffee morning 10.30am - 12pm, the clan cancer support centre, 227 high street, elgin open to anyone affected by cancer with information page 30 - March 2019

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22 friday moray society lecture: the history of johnstons mill; speaker - ian urquhart ( last in the series) 7.30pm, elgin museum hall, 1 high street, elgin. £3, £2 for moray society members, £1.50. call mary shand on 01343 559371 or email at mshand4b@aol.com www.elginmuseum.org.uk live/wire ac/dc@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com performance: wallflower - quarantine; a dance marathon about how dancing can shape our lives 14:57- 12am, universal hall, the park, findhorn, 12pm forres. £12; £10. call dance north on 01309 691661 or email at info@dancenorth.scot. www.dancenorth.scot

23 saturday mind, body & spirit fair in aid of the moray hydrotherapy pool 10.30am - 4pm, the mosset tavern, forres. £3 admission. foot whispering, spiritual healing, clairvoyants, dramatherapy, reiki, hopi candling & much more. all welcome the bicycle thieves 9pm, the seaforth club nairn call colin on 07845 010014 or email colbarron@aol.com www.facebook.com/theseaforthclubnairn connect 1st birthday party//i hate models@the ironworks, inverness 10pm - 3am alpha (film) 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, the park, forres. £5 on door. shines a light on the origins of man’s best friend. (screened with subtitles) call universal hall promotions on 01309 691170 (enquiries only) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com moray blue light festival: featuring scottish ambulance, police scotland, fire scotland, 2622sqn, coastguard & morayvia. come meet your heroes! 1pm - 3pm, moray college uhi, elgin. free. email at moraybluelight@gmail.com

23 saturday - 24 sunday wedding open weekend 10am, brodie castle, forres free - goodie bag on arrival. showcasing brodie castle as a venue for weddings. www.nts.org.uk

24 sunday haughs of cromdale 10k road race 1.30pm, cromdale hall. enter on the day £7 from 12pm an excellent route on a minor road towards the haughs of cromdale on which the jacobite battle took place. call john diffey on 01479 873488 or email at john@cromdalestation.co.uk

25 monday cinema nairn: the hound of the baskervilles 1939 version (pg) 2pm, nairn community & arts centre £2.50. tea & bakes as usual afterwards! call 01667 453476 or email at enquiries@cinema-nairn.co.uk. www.cinema-nairn.co.uk

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bamboo 9pm, the seaforth club, nairn call colin on 07845 010014 or email at colbarron@aol.com www.facebook.com/theseaforthclubnairn pied piper presented by norwich puppet theatre 1.30pm, universal hall, findhorn. £7.70. for children aged 3-7 years & their adults. runs 45 minutes. call 01309 691170 (enquiries only) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com ufo: last orders - 50th anniversary tour@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm maxi jazz (faithless) personal dj set@the ironworks, inverness 11.30pm no label@the playhouse, nairn 8pm

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bite & blether jointly run by dyke & district village hall & dyke church 11am - 1pm, dyke & district village hall. join us for a bowl of soup & bread followed by cake & tea/coffee & a blether forres heritage (winter talk): history of the raf in moray & their impact on the region; speaker - james johnston 7pm, tolbooth, forres. £5 - tickets from the forres area credit union. call claire doughty on 07846 145050 or winter.talks@forresheritage.co.uk www.forresheritage.co.uk whisky tasting: blended whisky then & now feat blends from the 70s, 80s & 90s and a comparison to modern day equivalents 7.30pm, the phoenix ale house, academy street, inverness. £17. email andy at andy@amateurdrammer.com. www.amateurdrammer.com/events

29 friday scottish rock garden club (moray group): ben lawers; speaker - helen cole 7.30pm, new elgin hall annex, land street, new elgin. call alan souter (convener) or amanda willox (sec) on 01340 871504 or 07787 289372 friends of grant lodge film show: elgin in times gone by; arthur mckerron shows his grandfather's unique films of elgin in the 1960s. proceeds to local charities 7.30pm, main hall, elgin town hall. £5 available from mid feb. call sara marsh on 07840 285438 or email at friends@grant-lodge.org.uk www.grant-lodge.org.uk family quiz night in aid of robyn lean's fundraising campaign for her school conservation expedition to costa rica 7.30pm, the seaforth club, academy street in elgin. adults £3; u14s £1.50. call jacky pratt on 07753 340222 or email at jacky.pratt@hotmail.co.uk

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