4 September 2014

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TOWN Mayor Nick Hodges’s family took advantage of a holiday in the New Forest to make Nick take the infamous ice bucket challenge.

Nick – seen for once without his chain of office – took his dunking in good part, and has now nominated Deputy Mayor Cllr Dick Sweatman to take the same icy shower.

The stunt, which originated in the USA, is to raise funds for, and awareness of, Motor Neurone Disease or ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) as it is known in America.