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A MILESTONE amount of money has been raised by a Keswick couple for a cause close to their hearts. Yvonne and Duncan Booth have raised £500,000 for the MS Society since Duncan was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Pride of Britain finalist Yvonne and her husband have responded by setting a new target of £1 million. Their success is all thanks to their popular 10in10 challenge, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Each June, the challenge sees people from around the world come together to scale 10 peaks in 10 hours, in the scenic Lake District fells. It was cancelled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic but the Booths showed typical resilience and continued their fundraising however possible.
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A 10-year-old girl has raised more than £1,000 for charity by setting herself a walking challenge in honour of her grandfather, who has multiple sclerosis.
Rowan Ridley, who has Down’s syndrome, has been sponsored to walk 20 miles – the distance from her house in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, to her grandfather Geoffrey Ridley’s home in Belsay, Northumberland.
She has broken the distance into separate trips as she has never walked that far before.
Rowan Ridley broke the 20 mile-target into manageable chunks (Family handout/PA)
Rowan has missed her grandfather, whom she calls Parky, during lockdown and has not been able to see him very often, so decided to do something positive by walking in aid of the MS Society.