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WEB TIPS ON TEENS A WEB service will help parents cope with their teenage offspring. Parentline Plus is launching i-parent, which covers topics such as risky behaviour, setting boundaries and improving communication with your teenager. It also features interviews with teens.

The online support service for parents with teenagers is available at www.gotateenager.org.uk.

BOOST FOR LIFEBOAT STAFF from a funeral director who raised more than pounds 100 for charity after holding a car boot sale have presented Newbiggin RNLI with a cheque for pounds 125.

Anne Holmes and Ann Edgell, funeral arrangers with The Cooperative Funeralcare, presented Newbiggin RNLI volunteer lifeboat with a cheque for pounds 125. The lifeboat volunteers had just returned from a regular training exercise when the pair greeted them on the beach and presented a delighted and surprised crew with the cheque.

CHARITY DINNER A CHARITY dinner raised pounds 10,000 to help sick children in Sierra Leone.

Sunderland based company RTC North held the 20th anniversary bash at The Ramside Hall Hotel and raised cash with a raffle and auction.

Money will go towards new equipment for the Freetown Children's Hospital in Sierra Leone, which cares for some of the world's most needy children.

HELP FOR DIABETICS and their families and carers are invited to a North Tyneside support group. The group, which meets every other month at North Tyneside General Hospital's Education Centre, aims to support people battling the condition.

The next meeting is on Wednesday evening at 7.30pm, and features guest speaker Rose Seabury, from Diabetes UK. For more details call [phone].

KICKATHON FOR KIDS A MARTIAL arts school is holding a sponsored Kickathon this week. On Thursday, members of the school will gather at Springfield Community Centre in Forest Hall, Newcastle from 6pm till 9pm for the event.

The Kickathon will raise cash for Children in Need.

GOLDEN GESTURE A GENEROUS elderly couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary sacrificed any gifts in aid of charity.

The pair, who wish to remain anonymous, donated pounds 350 to Tynemouth Ladies Lifeboat Guild after they asked friends and family to make donations instead of buying presents. Only days later, the Guild received another donation. Margaret Appleby, manager of The Spread Eagle, Preston Village, North Tyneside, handed over pounds 180 raised by the Leek Show Club from selling produce.