Donors raise £21k in 24hrs after burglars ransack Kings Heath children s hospice shop
Acorns Chief Executive Toby Porter thanked everyone who donated from the bottom of our hearts
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Kind-hearted donors have raised more than £21,000 for a childrenâs hospice charity shop which was smashed up by burglars. The thugs ransacked a branch of Acorns on Kings Heath High Street on Monday evening (June 7), causing thousands of pounds of damage and stealing a donation tin.
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Metro (Peter Barnes) Back-seat voter A voter has cast his ballot in a car boot after the church warden opening his polling station “overslept apparently”. Toby Porter said he cast his vote in Oxford at 7.25am, and the normal polling station was “up and running” by 7.30am. He said around a dozen people voted in the car before the centre at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies was opened.
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“We found it funny. Everyone was enjoying the novelty,” he said. The church warden has overslept apparently so just cast my vote in a car. #LocalElections2021pic.twitter.com/Ast6sGWl4Y Toby Porter (@tobyhporter) May 6, 2021 His post has so far amassed nearly 7,000 likes and has attracted responses from voters who saw the funny side. This is so incredibly British, replied one social media user. Another felt pity for the church warden saying: As the key holder of a scout hut I had many sleepless nights, imagining doing the same!” “Same for me! I hardly sleep the night before unlocking the hall I look after! I even set an alarm to remind myself to lock it again at 10pm,” replied another.
Polling station set up in car boot after church warden overslept . (PA) Early-morning voters were forced to cast their vote in a car boot after the church warden “overslept apparently”. Toby Porter, chief executive of Acorns Children’s hospice, took to Twitter to share the humorous image. Posting a picture of a car boot with a polling station sign attached to the door, he tweeted: “The church warden has overslept apparently so just cast my vote in a car.” Toby Porter said he cast his vote in Oxford at 7.25am, and the normal polling station was “up and running” by 7.30am.