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Commuter can’t believe attractive chugger ‘only after me for my money’

Only after one thing26-year-old Gavin Hendry was devastated to discover that the charity fundraiser who recently accosted him outside Holborn tube had never been interested in pursuing a long-term commitment with the chartered surveyor from Barnet, but was instead using him for the benefit of a faceless non-governmental organisation providing aid to Africa. ‘I gave her everything,’ said Hendry, ‘my heart, my dignity, my sort code. But now I know she was just after my money’.

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Posted: Jul 30th, 2009
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Charity collectors more annoying than the actual disease

So called ‘charity mugging’ is now recognized as a major social menace.

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Posted: May 25th, 2009
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‘City slum’ opens on rural farm

features traditional urban crafts such as tagging and car crimeThe rural alternative to City Farms is being piloted in Dorset this week, as country folk are invited to come and visit a real life working city slum in the middle of an area of outstanding natural beauty. The ‘Urban Blight Experience’ is a new attraction, intended to educate and entertain those used to living in a rural idyll, and ensure that traditional urban crafts such as tagging, car crime, and flytipping do not die out.

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Posted: Mar 1st, 2009
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