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1956 John Aspinall, who worked as a professional gambler, found inspiration in Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard – a book about an illegitimate Zulu prince who lived outside his tribe among wild animals. He decides to build a garden shed housing a Capuchin monkey, a 9-week-old tigress and two Himalayan bears – with seemingly … Read more
Mail Force yesterday struck a mammoth £1million deal for new computers for lockdown pupils. The laptops will go to 5,000 of Britain’s most needy schoolchildren and will arrive in several batches over two weeks – starting on Monday. The landmark moment has come thanks to Daily Mail readers who have donated so generously, along with … Read more
A compulsive shopper who spends more in charity shops than on food and struggled to get into her bedroom because of the clutter has revealed how she’s ‘afraid’ to let things go because it would feel like a bereavement. Joanne, 71, who lives in Wembley, North West London, allowed Only Human to document her treatment … Read more
A charity boss has been jailed for three months after she and her daughter started a mid-air ‘riot’ on board a passenger jet after being told off for drunkenly swearing as they were flying out on holiday to Morocco. Karin Parkes, 57, and former civil servant Carrie Parkes, 35, triggered a ‘full on fight’ involving up … Read more
Fashion designer Pip Edwards is giving back. The P.E Nation co-founder, 40, attended a charity event on Thursday. She was one of the star arrivals at a gathering hosted by Thread Together, a social enterprise that sources new and excess garments for vulnerable Australians. Feeling charitable: On Thursday, P.E. Nation business owner Pip Edwards stepped out for … Read more
An ex-Harrods fashion consultant has been accused of swindling a charity out of £10,000 when she organised a Boxing gala but never donated the profits. Nicole Elkabbas, 42, is due to be sentenced this week after she was found guilty of setting up a fraudulent GoFundMe page in 2018 where she claimed she had cancer … Read more
Three’s Company star Suzanne Somers, 74, gives 50 pairs of SHOES (including Manolo Blahniks) to charity… after listing mansion for $8.5million By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 15:05 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 15:05 GMT, 1 February 2021 Suzanne Somers has donated a bunch of her clothes to charity. The 74-year-old actress’ husband, Alan … Read more
An endurance athlete has gone missing just days after completing a marathon running challenge for a mental health charity. Sarah Thomson, 28, ran a marathon a day for a week for the charity Mind, completing her final run last Tuesday in three hours and 40 minutes. She took on the challenge to help her own … Read more
Delta Goodrem looks ethereal in a plunging lace frock and printed scarves as she poses for cancer charity photo shoot By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:56 GMT, 27 January 2021 | Updated: 05:56 GMT, 27 January 2021 She launched her own cancer research foundation last year, after surviving her own battle with … Read more
A ‘beautiful’, ‘kind’ and ‘passionate’ charity worker died of coronavirus on her 25th birthday, with well-wishers raising more than £10,000 in her memory for charity. Claudia Marsh, who had suffered with an undisclosed eating disorder, died at the Royal University Hospital in Wirral, Merseyside. Announcing her death, her heartbroken family set up a JustGiving page … Read more