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1 Q&A with Tami McMahon, the South West Digital Heroes winner 2010
Tami is the South West Digital Heroes winner, 2010. She works as the Head of Fundraising at Penny Brohn Cancer Care, one of the leading UK charities that offers free specialist support for people living with cancer and their families. How did it feel to be a 2010 Digital Heroes winner? TM: “I was really delighted! I am extremely grateful to everyone who voted for us! Winning has meant that the charity I work for, Penny Brohn Cancer Care, can finish work on its new web based platform for people with cancer.” 		16-Sep-2011
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2 The winner of Digital Heroes Award 2010 – Ben Richardson
Ben Richardson was the overall winner of the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards 2010. Ben works for The Connection at St Martins, a charity which helps homeless people in London, where he runs a digital media group. Here Ben tells us what’s he’s been up to since winning last year’s Digital Heroes Awards. 		09-Aug-2011
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3 Search for Britain’s Digital Heroes 2011 begins
Today we are launching the TalkTalk Digital Heroes 2011, our nationwide search to find and recognise people who are using digital technology to do amazing things for their community. The Digital Heroes Awards, which are run in partnership with Citizens Online and supported by Race Online 2012, is the UK’s only scheme to recognise inspirational people [...] 		02-Aug-2011
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4 TalkTalk Tales: And the winner is…
The entries have been judged - but who did Bernard Cribbins crown the UK's best amateur storyteller? 		06-Apr-2011
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5 Welcome to WoofWoof: Pet-to-Pet Networking!
100,000 BC: Homo sapiens invent language 1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone 1990: Tim Berners Lee invents the world wide web 2011: WoofWoof invents Donglish 		01-Apr-2011
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6 Don’t forget to check your Facebook this Mother’s Day
This Sunday is Mother’s Day but if you’ve forgotten to post your mum a card, it’s still not too late to make a gesture that shows how much you love her. Our latest research shows that we should be tweeting our mothers this year, because more mums value a tweet or Facebook message than their children [...] 		30-Mar-2011
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7 Alexander Graham Bell – inventor, scientist… Ashes winner?
You might not have been aware but today marks the 135th anniversary of the very first phone call, made by British inventor Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant Thomas A. Watson in Boston in 1876. 		10-Mar-2011
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8 Reading bedtime stories from a parent’s perspective
Research suggests that the age-old ritual of the bedtime story is in danger of becoming extinct. It’s usually attributed to a combination of factors: tired parents, kids who watch TV in their bedrooms, and the tendency to allow kids to wind down in front of Iggle Piggle rather than immersed in the pages of a book. [...] 		23-Feb-2011
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9 And the nation’s favourite bedtime story is…
TalkTalk Tales, our search for the country’s best amateur storyteller, seems to have sparked a national debate about parents reading to their kids – are we doing it enough, and just why is it so good for your children? Children’s authors Julia Donaldson, who wrote The Gruffalo, and Charlie Higson, who writes stories about the young [...] 		10-Feb-2011
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10 Bernard Cribbins backs hunt for Britain’s best storyteller
Memories of bedtime stories are one of those things that people hold dear to them. Whether it’s the Famous Five series or The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, we’ve all got our favourites. But it turns out that reading aloud to our kids is in peril. We’ve done some research into bedtime stories and found [...] 		31-Jan-2011
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11 Giving you more for less with our new taxi campaign
At TalkTalk we believe that no one gives you more for less – and today we’re launching a new advertising campaign to highlight that fact. As part of the campaign we’re running ads on the sides of hundreds of taxis in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh. We’re also trialing free MiFi – or mobile WiFi hotspots [...] 		17-Jan-2011
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12 Interview with Digital Heroes Awards winner: Ben Richardson
Ben Richardson is the overall winner of the TalkTalk Digital Heroes awards 2010 for his work at The Connection at St Martin’s – a project which aims to give homeless people new skills in digital media to help them get their lives back on track. The project started off with a small group of homeless people [...] 		15-Jan-2011
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13 Blizzard of international calls this Christmas
Christmas is a time for family and friends but we know that it’s not always possible for loved ones to be together, especially when they live in different countries. Many people rely on using their home phone to catch up with friends and family around the world on Christmas day. 		23-Dec-2010
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14 Ben Richardson crowned 2010 Digital Hero by UK digital champion
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards ceremony at the House of Lords where we honoured twelve outstanding individuals who are using technology to positively impact the people in their community. Being one of Britain’s biggest providers of broadband we are clearly passionate about the power of the internet. As [...] 		13-Dec-2010
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15 Who are your Digital Heroes?
Today marks the start of Get Online Week, the initiative to encourage more people to try out the internet for the first time, so it’s fitting that this morning we can also announce the opening of public voting for our very own Digital Heroes Awards.   We received hundreds of entries from people nominating their personal Digital [...] 		18-Oct-2010
12:46
16 TalkTalk looks at the importance of communication in relationships
In conjunction with Relate, the relationship experts, we’ve launched The Way We Are Now – The TalkTalk Relate Relationships Report. This is the first time a report of this breadth has been published and it gives a fascinating insight into the nation’s relationships with partners, friends, families and work colleagues. A major theme of the report is [...] 		29-Sep-2010
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17 TalkTalk criticises Digital Economy Act costs ruling
We have consistently opposed the Digital Economy Act ever since it first emerged in its original form, as the Digital Economy Bill, back in the autumn of last year. One of the primary aims of the Act is to reduce illegal downloading of copyrighted material by sending warning letters to people whose connections, according to the [...] 		14-Sep-2010
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18 Nominate your Digital Heroes today!
We’re looking for 12 more inspirational individuals who are using digital technology to improve the lives of people in their local communities. 		10-Sep-2010
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19 Free broadband for Armed Forces
We’ve decided to get behind British Armed Forces Day by giving away a year's free broadband to those in the Armed Forces and their families. They deserve recognition and thanks, and we can play our own small part by putting together this exclusive deal. 		25-Jun-2010
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20 Shout For England!
We’re proud to announce our involvement in Shout For England, the unofficial World Cup anthem launched today. Shout For England is backed by X Factor supremo Simon Cowell and features comedy star James Corden and current number one Dizzee Rascal. And the exciting thing is you can get involved too. If you call our special freephone number – [...] 		03-Jun-2010
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