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Two former professional rugby players have raised thousands of pounds for two charities by organising a month-long rowing event.

Sam Blythe, 37, and Shane Kingsland, 27, who both played for Exeter Chiefs, started rowing on New Year’s Day for the event, called Janurow.

They rowed every day until the end of the month to hit their personal target of a million metres (1,000km) each.

They also recruited around 40 members of the public – with a total of 10.1 million metres (10,000km) rowed by those taking part.

The amount raised was £8,000, which was shared...

Dream-A-Way is extremely proud to be one of the chosen charities of the Royal Navy’s latest type 45 Destroyer HMS Defender.

The commissioning of the ship took place in Portsmouth on March 21st 2013 and was attended by trustees and committee members of Dream-A-Way, the charity which provides holidays and outings for people with disabilities and their carers across Devon and Cornwall.

The service included a general salute, inspection by Lady Massey (ship’s sponsor), hoisting of the White Ensign, a fly past by the Royal Air Force and singing of hymns. This was followed by a...