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'An oasis amongst all the chaos that goes on in their lives'
One of the cricketing world's most famous voices was in Nottingham today, to open a new sensory room at Carlton Digby Special School.
Jonathan Agnew, or "Aggers" as he is known to cricket fans, has been involved with the Lords' Taverners charity for decades. It specialises in giving disabled children access to sport.
Sam from Farndon in Nottinghamshire, has two children at the school, 12-year-old Lucy and 9-year-old James.
She says: "To sum it up it's the oasis amongst all the chaos that goes on in their lives".
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Read the full storyStranded sixth formers describe Scottish snow survival
by Chris Halpin
A group of students from Wolverhampton who were stranded in extreme snow in Scotland for more than three days tell their story of survival.
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Snow-stranded school trip students return home
A group of students from Wolverhampton who were stranded in Scotland for more than three days because of the extreme snow have described how they had to huddle together to keep warm.
The sixth formers from St Edmunds Catholic School and St Peter's Collegiate School were due back from their Geography field trip to the Isle of Arran on Friday. But then ferries to the mainland were cancelled, and they were stuck without heat and power. Chris Halpin reports.
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A group of students from Wolverhampton who were stranded in Scotland for more than three days because of the extreme snow say it is the worst weather they have ever seen.
The sixth formers from St Edmunds Catholic School and St Peter's Collegiate School were due back from their Geography field trip to the Isle of Arran on Friday. But then ferries to the mainland were cancelled when the snow set in.
