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Rallyoke hits Liverpool

Chris Moyles and the Radio 1 breakfast team brought Karaoke to Liverpool on Sunday 11th March, along with a host of special guests. Gemma Atkinson, Nikki Sanderson and Roxanne Pallett all took to the stage to entertain the crowds and there was even a special guest performance from Chris’ Dad! Taking their obsession with karaoke to a new scale, the infamous Breakfast team will spend a week touring the UK hosting rowdy karaoke nights to packed out venues filled with lucky Radio 1 winners. To find out more visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio1.

Gemma Atkinson visits Homeless Project

Soap Actress Gemma Atkinson took a break from filming yesterday and swapped Hollyoaks in the City for Halton YMCA to see first hand how money raised by Red Nose Day is spent in the region. Halton YMCA, aims to provide safe and secure accommodation for homeless young people and to educate and train them in the skills required to move into independent living. After visiting the project Gemma said "This project is really helping to change people‘s lives. Halton YMCA is doing such a fantastic job providing not only a roof over young people’s heads, but also an environment they can feel safe in".

Manchester Buildings Turning Red

On the 8th March, Urbis, one of the most recognisable buildings in Manchester will turn RED as the campaign for Red Nose Day gathers momentum in the North West. Urbis along with the Town Hall clock and Central Library are all taking part in the mass illumination until Red Nose Day on 16 March. All three buildings are keen to show their support for The Big One campaign and look forward to lighting Manchester Red for this year’s Red Nose Day! Vaughan Allen, Urbis Chief Executive said 'Urbis is an exhibition centre of city life. We welcome this opportunity to support Comic Relief and contribute towards improving peoples lives in areas of poverty in both the UK and internationally'.

Get Involved

• Join in the fabulous Moulin Rouge theme night at the Mosquito Bar, Victoria Street, Liverpool on Friday 16th March in support of Red Nose Day. Tickets on the door are £20 each and you can win some fabulous makeover prizes worth £25,000 in the raffle including £15,000 worth of cosmetic dentistry and £500 worth of filers.
  If you can't make the event but would like to buy a raffle ticket call 0151 487 1265 - all money goes to Comic Relief.

• Students Play 1million Notes for Comic Relief
  On Saturday 10th March, Presto Music School in Warrington held a massive musical event, hoping to raise £2500 for Comic Relief. All Saturday students from the age of five through to adults played music specially selected for the occasion. At any one time there were 27 keyboard and piano players, 5 drummers, 15 guitarists, and a bassist. In total, due to the effort of all the students, an amazing 1,415,333 notes were played during the day – a new record for the most notes played by a music school in a performance in one day.

• Royle Family Special Screening
  Royle Family fans across the North West have been voting for their favourite episode of all time from a selection chosen by the cast and crew of the show. The winning two episodes will be shown at a special screening at The Odeon, in The Printworks on 13 March 2007 – all in aid of Comic Relief. VIP’s and local celebrities will join comedy fans of this hit Manchester-based comedy from across the city at the exclusive event ahead of Red Nose Day.This one-off event will see The Royle Family’s best loved characters get the ‘Royal’ big screen treatment for the very first time. Tickets for the screening are strictly limited to 250 and are available now from The Odeon box office, www.odeon.co.uk or by calling 0871 2244007. They are priced at £10 – with 100% of the profit going directly to the Comic Relief fund.

• Stand Up and Be Counted
  Make sure you don't miss this Comedy event in aid of Comic Relief! Beginning at 11.59pm on Thursday 15th March and finishing at 11.59pm on Friday 16th March, this 24 hour Comedy Event will be taking place at Opus and promises to be a day not to be forgotten. Whilst raising lots of money, Comic Relief: The Big One and Opus will be attempting to break the World Record for the biggest bill of comedians in one show. This laughter packed show will keep you entertained through the whole 24 hours. Tickets are just £5 and on sale now so call 0161 834 2414 for more information.

• Barclays Fun Day raises thousands
  Barclays Call-centre in Northwich turned it’s car-park into a fun-fair on Wednesday 8th March – all in aid of Comic Relief. There was everything from hook-a-duck stalls to stocks for the management and candy-floss was sold by the truckload. The day raised over £2,000, but the staff are not stopping there – this week they have a Big Bash, a dance-a-thon and on the night they will all be hard at work taking phone donations from the public!