Harry's News

In Harry's news this week, in China they have released the artist Ai Wei Wei on bail after he was arrested and put in jail on charges against the Chinese government. The terms of his release are that he is not allowed to leave the country. Some people believe that it was a Chinese goverment decsion after some people and some countries protested for his release from jail. No word is coming out of the Chinese goverment that he is going to go on trial or not.

In other news, in America the F.B.I. have arrested one of the top ten most wanted crimals in California after 16 years on run from the F.B.I. His name is James Whitney Bulger who is crime boss in Boston. He was arrested with his girlfriend without an inident. He is wanted on 19 counts of murder and he is going to go on trial in Boston.

That's Harry's News.

Harry's News

In Harry's news this week, their are protests in England and Wales about teachers getting their pension cut by the government. The teachers are going on strike due to the pension cut by the goverment and are striking on 30th June, but the goverment is in talks with the teachers group not to have the strike. It has also been announced by the government that the retirement age will rise to 65 to 66 next year, so this will cause more strikes from the public sector because of this announced by the government.

In other news, their are talks in the U.N. that they are going to put U.N. santions on Syria to stop the Syrian army from killing anti-government protesters who have been protesting in Syria for months now to get their leader out of power as ruler of the country. Lots of Syrian citizens have fled to Turkey to avoid the violence in their country. The U.N. is planning to put a no-fly zone in Syria.

That's Harry's News

New Barrels at Boyndie...

Matt

Introducing Matt...

Banff Buzz - Visit from Buckie and Keith Day Centre

Last week the Banff Buzz team welcomed visitors from Buckie and Keith Day Centres in Moray. They wanted advise on setting up a community magazine. it was great to meet them and we hope to hear news on their progress....

Raft Race 2011

Here are the results from the Raft Race 2011! Well Done to everyone involved!

Raft 47 Hi-five came 10th in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 47 seconds
Raft 48 Spotty Bag came 15th in a time of 22 hours 44 minutes and 52 seconds

Raft 49 Flower Power came 20th in a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 41 seconds

Raft 50 Camo came 22nd in a time of 3 hours 16 minutes and 17 seconds

The fastest raft completed the course in 1 Hour 33 min 18 secs - a good effort by all!

Last recorded time was 4rs 29 mins 47 services

Banff Day Services won 3rd prize for best decorated raft - all four rafts won for team effort! Well Done!

46 rafts entered and 37 finshed.

Approximately £10,000 was raised on the day (monies still to come in) breaking the £100,000 raised for the event which begin in 1979 ( 33 years ago...) - minus l for the year of foot and mouth.

202 rafters took part...

Well DOne ! See you in 2012!

ian smith

my name is ian smith i stay at 2 redwell cottages in whitehills ab45 2rf is my postcode i have a laptop at home but dont use it much

i would like to learn more about my laptop i know nothing about computers

i would like to learn more about the internet and how to email my birthday is on the 11th of june

i came back to banff day services to meet new people and learn new skills

Harry's News

In Harry's news this week, the Sebrian war crimal Ratko Mladic is going to the Hague to face trial after appeals from him and his lawyers that he was to ill leave Sebria. He is facing war crimes of killing thousands of mulism men in the Bosina and Sebria war. He was on the run for 18 years and was finailly capture in an town northern Sebria. There is lots of his supports protesting in Sebria that he is innocent and that he sould not be arrested at all.

In other news, there was an explosive from an oil refinery in south Wales were 4 people killed and one serious injuryed when an tanker accidently explosive when their were repairing it. Lots of people heard the explosive and people were evade near by.

That's Harry's News.

My Visit to Banff Day Service

My name is Rebecca and I'm a student nurse with Robert Gordon University and I was allowed to visit Banff Day Service over the course of a week. Both the staff and service users are very friendly and welcoming. I feel that I have been exposed to a whole new area of society which was very eye-opening for me. I was amazed at the variety of facilities and activities available for the service users and how much everyone seemed to enjoy them. I also enjoyed learning about the projects which were underway here such as Banff Castle Egg Farm and the newsletter. The various networks of people involved with Banff Day Service made me appreciate just how much work goes into this service and how everyone can benefit from it. I have enjoyed my time here and I would really like to visit again in the future.