by Staff Writer, December 1, 2007
The Leeson family have been given a new lease of hope recently after several antagonizing months of waiting for a suitable bone marrow donor for their seven month old daughter.
Lana Leeson was diagnosed with an extremely rare blood disease, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a condition which can cause fever, enlargement of the liver and a fall in the number of normal blood cells. This disease is so rare that it only affects one in a million. If a bone marrow donor could not be found, her condition was likely to get much worse.
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Robin Moore is a marathon walker. This passion for walking started when he went on a walk for a cancer charity as a tribute to a friend who had died from the disease. Since then Robin has walked over 20,000 miles, raising a total of £50,000 for 18 different charities.
Robin has walked in many countries including New Zealand, South Africa, Spain and France. His latest trip, which started on the 14th of September, is a 1000 mile walk from Ireland to the Cornish coast. So far he has sponsorship totalling over £1000, which will be split between Cornwall Hospice care and cancer research. This walk finishes on the 13th of October at Lands End.
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Oundle Middle and Kings Cliffe Schools opened in September with a new Head Teacher, Miss Reseigh. From Surrey originally, Miss Reseigh is new to Oundle. Continued…
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The annual winter wine tasting hosted by Amps Fine Wines on November the 16th was a fantastic learning experience, as well as a lot of fun. The hall was filled with fifteen tables, each manned by an expert, and laid out with five to ten different drinks and a plate of crackers, offering a choice of over a hundred delicious wines and liquors to try.
My evening kicked off with New World wines; a South African white wine, the Chenin Blanc Groote Post 2006 at £6.99, which was an excellent wine to start with. Light and crisp, it is “the best white wine in its price bracket”, according to Rachel Longstaff from Louis Latour Agencies. The South African Chenin Blanc False Bay 2007 was a beautifully fresh and spicy white wine and certainly deserving of the Amps award for New World Wine of the Year for Under £6. If you’ve heard of or enjoyed the very popular Cloudy Bay wines then you would enjoy the Three Amigos White McHenry Hohnen 2005 which is made by the same owner. It’s an Australian wine made with an unusual blend of three French grapes and although slightly more expensive at £11.50, it’s definitely worth it.
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