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North give up

SPIRIT AND BOND NCA probe into Shiner Diversity does help

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shock when they saw me with no hair.

“I also did a photoshoot without my wig to show that bald can be beautiful. beautiful.”

The hardest part o f Natalie’s journey has been staying strong for her 12-year-old son Connor. “He’s found it very difficult,” she said. “But But when he had his birthday recently he gave me some of his money to donate to the Brain Tumour Charity, which was lovely.” Natalie’s fundraisin­g mission will see her complete a charity skydive on March 25, alongside her 79-yearold auntie Sheila Brewis. She said: “Brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer in young adults and children and it makes me feel sad that only 2% of cancer research funds goes towards brain tumours. “I hope that one day they can fifind find a cure for myself and many others and that I will be given the chance to watch my son grow up, get married and have children of his own.” To donate go to https:// https://www.justgivwww.justgiving.com/fundraisi n g / N a t a l i e - Sweeney1 A CRIMINAL probe into a disgraced lawyer who brought false claims against Iraq War veterans has a number of “lines of inquiry”, the National Crime Agency has said.

A file on Phil Shiner, who was struck off last month for dishonestl­y pursuing torture and murder claims against troops, has been passed on by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

It comes after 60-year-old Mr Shiner, from Birmingham, was declared bankrupt on Tuesday, according to the Insolvency Service.

The NCA, the UK’s equivalent of the FBI, took the unusual step of confirming its investigat­ion after it was reported it had written to a former Tory minister to say there were a “number of lines of inquiry”. MMIGRANT children help improve results in schools, Michael Gove said.

London has benefited from diversity, the former education secretary said, helping drive up standards.

In many cases, some of the parents with the highest expectatio­ns for their children are those who have come to the capital as refugees from nations such as Somalia and Kosovo, he said.

But Mr Gove also warned there are costs to migration, with class sizes forced to grow in some cases and families missing out on places at favoured schools.

Mr Gove said: “There’s lots of evidence that London having become more diverse has contribute­d to educationa­l standards rising in London.”

 ??  ?? Natalie Sweeney and Angela Conway have both been through tumultuous brain tumour diagnoses
Nata Natalie ompletes a charity run with son Connor , and left, a sponsore sponsored head shave
Natalie Sweeney and Angela Conway have both been through tumultuous brain tumour diagnoses Nata Natalie ompletes a charity run with son Connor , and left, a sponsore sponsored head shave
 ??  ?? Angela and Natalie have formed an unbreakabl­e bond of friendship through adversity
Angela and Natalie have formed an unbreakabl­e bond of friendship through adversity
 ??  ?? Natalie proiudly poses for her ‘no hair, don’t care’ campaign photoshoot
Natalie proiudly poses for her ‘no hair, don’t care’ campaign photoshoot
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Phil Shiner
 ??  ?? Michael Gove
Michael Gove

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