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Ring Harry Chalmers on 07938955778 or email harry. chalmers@9gc.co.uk Tidy Fatfield Litter Group will be resuming its monthly litter pick on Saturday after the summer break. New members are welcome. Equipment will be provided but wear gloves and sensible clothing. Meet at the Fatfield shops at 10am. District 3 hair and beauty will be hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday. There will be raffles, competitions, coffee and more . Tiny Toes Toddlers playgroup, for birth to five-yearolds, will also be holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning from 9.30am to 11.30am. Toddler session costs £1.50 per child plus cake. It will then be closed for two weeks for holidays, reopening on October 16, from 9.30am to 11.30am, when Close Creatures with live animals will be visiting. Washington AFC is still looking for players for a range of teams from undersevens to under-16s. Contact Gary Sykes on 07743 820274 for further information. Play days are held every Wednesday from 10am to 1pm at Harraton Community Centre. Sessions are suitable from birth to five years. Timeless Theatre Academy is offering free taster sessions at Washington Millenium Centre for children who are interested in singing , dancing and drama. For details or to book a space email Sonya@timelesstheatreacademy.co.uk New fitness classes have started at Washington Village Hall. Tuesdays from 7.15pm to 8.15pm it’s kettlebells and Thursdays, 7.15pm to 8.15pm, circuit training. Sessions cost£4 or £6 for the two . Identity Hair and Beauty will be holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning on Saturday from 9am to 4pm. Cakes, biscuits and pies will be on sale with tea and coffee as well. Holiday Inn has a lot of activities coming up next month including a wedding open evening on October 5. An ’80s disco party night will be held on October 13 at 7pm. There will also be a Teddy Bears’ Picnic with prizes for the best dressed bear. For more details, call 0191 418 9419. A Christmas Market will be held on Sunday, November 26, from 11am to 4pm. There will be a host of exhibitors of festive crafts, food and drink plus a children’s face painter and balloon artist. Lunch, snacks and afternoon tea will be available to buy. Call 0191 418 9419 for information. There are still places available for people who would like to exhibit as well. Little movers meet in a range of venues in Washington including: Monday, The Life House, Columbia, birth to crawling, 1pm to 1.45pm, walking to five years; Tuesdays, Washington Arts Centre, baby movers, 9.45am to 10.30am, Little movers 10.30am to 11.15am, also on Tuesdays Miss Tina’s baby movers 1pm to 1.45pm, toddler movers for toddlers to two years, 1.45pm to 2.30pm; Fridays, Rainbow Family Centre, baby movers 10am to 10.45am, little movers from 10.45am to 11.30am. Saturday at Oxclose Academy Little movers meet from 10.15am to 11am. To book, email littlemoverswashington@gmail.com Washington History Society will meet on the first Monday of every month at 1.30pm in the Life House, Columbia. A fundraising event for the Bradley Lowery Foundation has been arranged at Bar NE38, Barmston, on Saturday featuring The Boyz as seen on Britain’s Got Talent Tickets £3. Dr Simon Lowes, from the QE Gateshead Breast Cancer Unit, was the guest of the Rotary Club of Washington, when members met in the George Washington Hotel. He spoke about the procedures of breast cancer detection, treatment as well as research into medication effects. He covered breast tumour localisation prior to surgery, saying the aim of modern surgery, where possible, is to remove to the tumour in isolation rather than the whole breast. Dr Lowes is also a scientist and outlined research plans at Gateshead QE Breast Unit, including in-