Retained firefighter Richard Bowman has completed a gruelling 24-hour mountain bike ride through the Scottish Highlands to raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity. Here he explains why he wanted to say thank you in this way. As we're halfway through our Bag It and Bank It textiles recycling campaign, here are ten surprising facts you may not know about our textiles habits, and how we can all do our bit to help the planet as well as The Fire Fighters Charity. Five-time 'Bag it and Bank it' winners Egremont Fire Station share their top five tips on how to collect more than 11,000 KG of textiles in just one month. Watch a video of The Fire Tones' cover of the Band Aid classic, 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. The group are currently in the running to be the Christmas Number One, with sales of the single going to The Fire Fighters Charity and The Band Aid Charity Trust. A calendar starring Mr Pelucchi the Yorkshire Terrier is raising money for The Fire Fighters Charity.
One man’s quest to tackle the toughest bike race in the UK
Ten surprising facts about our textiles habits
Bag it and Bank it: Top tips from Egremont Fire Station
Fire Tones Christmas video is now out: watch the video here
Three-legged Yorkshire Terrier releases third calendar for fire service
