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CHARITY KEEPS DONCASTER TODDLER SAFE FROM HARM IN LOCKDOWN
June 2020
A mum who reached breaking point when her toddler’s behaviour spiralled dangerously out of control during lockdown has been given emergency specialist equipment to keep him safe. Beverley Cox turned...
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JONATHAN PUTS IN PEDAL POWER TO SUPPORT NEWLIFE
May 2020
A kind-hearted cyclist has conquered a mammoth biking challenge to support children living with a disability or terminal illness. Jonathan Kirkman rode 150 miles across Yorkshire in one day and hopes ...
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URGENT PLEA TO HELP OLIVER STAY SAFE AT NIGHT
February 2020
When Oliver Rooney’s four brothers stay with their dad for the weekend they are heart-broken to leave him behind, but the eight-year-old with profound and complex needs is forced to miss out because...
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*STOP PRESS* SEAT FUNDED TO STOP IMOGEN’S BONES DEFORMING
September 2019
Disabled nine-year-old Timothy Dickson has taken the final lap of his spacewalk, completing his mission to raise funds for Newlife the charity for disabled and terminally ill children, raising over £...
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*STOP PRESS* SPECIALIST SEAT FUNDED TO STOP SELBY GIRL CHOKING
August 2019
A five-year-old Selby girl with Cerebral Palsy urgently needs a specialist seat to support her so she doesn’t choke while being cared for at her grandmother’s home. Esmae Robinson was born 12 week...
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*STOP PRESS* CAR SEAT FUNDED TO END RUBY’S TRAVEL AGONY
June 2019
The agony caused by eight-year-old Ruby Carpenter’s twisted and curved spine makes car journeys unbearable. She can only bear to sit for 20 minutes in her standard car seat before the pain becomes e...
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WHEELCHAIR PLEA FOR WILLIAM
April 2019
William Ryder has defied the odds and the doctors to become the miracle child his parents, Michelle and Paul, always longed for. Seven-year-old William, from Goldthorpe in Rotherham, spent the first ...
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MUM’S URGENT PLEA TO KEEP KAI SAFE
February 2019
The mum of a Pocklington eight-year-old with a rare form of epilepsy resistant to medication spends every night in fear her son will be seriously injured. Kai King has up to 15 seizures a day. He only...
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RESPITE BED JOY FOR HARRY
October 2018
A Sheffield nine-year-old who is completely dependent on his exhausted mum for his every need is finally joining his twin brother and younger sister for sleepovers at their grandparents – thanks to ...
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INTREPID CYCLISTS RAISING FUNDS FOR DISABLED KIDS
August 2018
Jake Johnson from Sheffield has always wanted to cycle around the world. Now he’s about to turn that dream into a reality to raise money for Newlife The Charity for Disabled Children – a cause c...
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