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- The
young meningitis victim from
Shepreth whose plight was
highlighted in the News has
received a helping hand from
kind-hearted musicians.
Three
bands played at the Boat Race in
Cambridge for free, with all the proceeds
from ticket sales going towards a vehicle
for the family of seven-year-old Jonathan
Peacock
The
bands - Good Question, My Friend Irma and
Jaff - raised £800 to pay the deposit
for a seven-seater Vauxhall Zafira,
provided by Murkett's of Royston, which
is big enough for Jonathan's wheelchair
and his family.
Boat
Race promoter Paul Whitby, who read about
Jonathan in the News, said: "It
shows what good-hearted people there are
out there."
- The News took up
Jonathan's case when his
disability benefits were stopped
because he was coping so well,
despite having a leg amputated.
On appeal, most of the benefits
were restored.
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