Retailers hope town centre facelifts and a new relief road opening in Galashiels can help reverse the trend.

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Fears of racism had dominated the build-up to the tournament and there was an inevitable feeling of relief when the opening game finally got under way in Warsaw.

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We will also be opening post offices in the relief camps.

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Excessive fear of the cliff may already be priced into the markets, opening the door for a relief rally when the eventual reality is less severe.

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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Syria to allow the opening of humanitarian corridors to get relief supplies to civilians.

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Not only is the relief effort failing to heal wounds: it is opening new ones.

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The result will be a huge relief to Simon Grayson's side, who were comprehensibly beaten in their opening league match at Southampton on Saturday.

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At the Cup season-opening Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip drove a Toyota with a paint scheme supporting a relief fund for victims of the Sandy Hook shootings.

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Last year Interactive got attention for a community effort that was completely unplanned and that didn't spring from the fest itself: After earthquakes and tsunamis devastated Japan on the opening day of the festival, attendees launched "SXSW4Japan, " which raised funds for relief efforts.

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