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Premium Content Tim Grant has given the gift of life to his baby daughter Isabelle - twice. Eight-month-old Isabelle, who was born with a severe immune deficiency so rare she s described as one in a million , could have died before her first birthday without a stem cell transplant. But after receiving her father s stem cells on March 11 at the Queensland Children s Hospital, doctors are hopeful Isabelle will live a long life. Dad Tim Grant with his eight-month-old daughter, Isabelle. Picture:: Nigel Hallett. Her immunologist Jane Peake described Isabelle s outcome as amazing , due to advances in medical science that allow children to receive stem cell transplants from their parents, who are only a 50 per cent match.
Residents, councillors and MP blast plans for Consett waste incinerator
A planning application has been submitted for a renewable energy centre on land at Hownsgill Industrial Estate, near Delves Lane
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Controversial plans for a waste plant have sparked opposition from Consett residents who have labelled it a threat to health.