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“Hopefully, once everything is back to normal, al, we can go on holiday as a family and have a nice end to it.
“She loves school and misses it. So I think just getting back to normality and going back to school would be a huge step in the e right direction.” AMY Bartlett, regional development manager for Scotland, said: “While it’s heart-breaking to hear Chloe will need to have a transplant, it’s great to hear that potential matches have been found.
“Every day, five people like Chloe will start their search for a matching stranger who might save their life – but sadly not everyone can find a life-saving match.
“Joining the Anthony Nolan register is a simple process – it’s just a cheek swab but it could change the life of someone like Chloe.
“We’re particularly calling on young men aged 16-30 to consider joining the Anthony Nolan register as young men provide 50 per cent of all stem cell donations but make up just 18 per cent of our register.”
Anthony Nolan recruits people aged 16-30 to the stem cell register as research has shown younger people are more likely to be chosen to donate.
It also costs £40 to recruit each potential donor to the register, so Anthony Nolan relies on financial support.
To find out more about joining the Anthony Nolan register, or to learn more about the different ways yyou can support,pp visit anthonynolan.org/join good friends but who says a man and woman can’t be friends? Why do they have to be in a relationship, or cheating? And why is Lady Gaga the one painted as the villain? If they really have become an item behind Irina’s back, then why isn’t Cooper also the bad guy? This girl code idea is suppose to be a sense of girl power for women – the unwritten rules of female friendship. And yes there’s an emphasis on empowering women to have each other’s backs – but do we really have to jump on each other and not trust the relationships we’ve made? Irina gave her boyfriend a standing ovation at the end of his performance – which I believe showed she is safe in the knowledge Cooper is an artist. Let’s applaud the talent of everyone involved. We as women should be lifting each other up, not tearing each other down. There’s no broken girl code and the fact we have to have one smacks of sexism in the first place. jennifer. russell@ reachplc .com