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Hunger fund
‘will feed 1%’
GOVERNMENT funding
for children going hungry
over the holidays will help
just 1% of those in need, a
charity says.
Meals & More said
government plans to
invest £9million a year will
reach only 50,000 children
but around 4.5 million
youngsters are in poverty.
Spokesman Peter
McGrath said: “Children
not getting the food they
need should shock us all.”
Last summer holiday
there was a 20% increase
in the need for foodbanks.
Pig hearts for
us in 3 years
PIG hearts could be given
to humans within three
years, according to a
leading transplant doctor.
Sir Terence English said
it could “transform” organ
transplants. He said a US
team will carry out the
world’s first pig-to-human
kidney transplant this year.
Sir Terence said: “If the
result is satisfactory with
porcine kidneys to
humans, it is likely that
hearts would be used with
good effects in humans
within a few years.”
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Tragedy of rugby
star found dead
in hotel room
Leeds: “He’d kept running to the loo every
five minutes, he was so excited. It showed
the promise we knew he had.
“He was full of beans last night. Then
this morning he’s just not here.”
He added some players and staff had
delayed their return from southern France
while the mystery of his death is probed.
St Helens prop Alex Walmsley, who
played at the West Yorkshire club,
said: “Incredibly sad news.”
His childhood club Dewsbury Moor
spoke of their “immense pride” in
Archie, of Liversedge, West Yorks.
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Archie, 20, made his debut hours earlier
YOUNG
TALENT
In action for
Dewsbury
Moor club
A YOUNG rugby league player has
been found dead in his hotel room just
hours after making his debut.
Hooker Archie Bruce, 20, played his first
game for Batley Bulldogs against Toulouse
on Saturday, in a 46-0 loss.
He was signed from amateur side
Dewsbury Moor, which produced
England star Sam Burgess.
Batley Bulldogs director John
Miller said Archie had been happy
and “giddy” before he came on in
the second half. He told BBC Radio
SAD NEWS Alex Walmsley
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