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W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and

welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnan

and me William Durample.

Now if you are listening in the future, I should just tell you we are recording this days

after a series of earthquakes hit southeastern Turkey near the border with Syria and as we speak

rescue teams are still desperately trying to locate survivors in pockets beneath the rubble.

Our minds are turning to those who are now homeless, the conditions are freezing, you're seeing this,

if you're listening to this at the time the podcast comes out you'll know it's cold in Turkey and

Syria and they could do with all the help they could get. So if you're minded to give we

will be putting two websites on our program description, one for

disasters emergency committee and the other for international rescue.

Please give generously.

Yeah and every little bit helps as they say.

30 pounds could provide blankets for six people to keep warm.

50 could provide emergency food for two families for 10 days.

100 pounds could provide emergency shelter for four families.

And as William says, we're going to put those links on our program

page so just do what you can. I've had so much hospitality from the people of

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