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Kristy Dawson

12-year-old boy sent signed gift from Mark Knopfler after giving away all of his busking money

A 12-year-old boy caught the attention of Mark Knopfler when he performed Local Hero on his guitar outside St James' Park.

Joe Bartley, from Denton Burn, Newcastle, played for 45 minutes on his Gibson guitar ahead of Newcastle United's opening Premier League match against Nottingham Forest. When he finished, he donated around half of his busking money to the to the Newcastle West End Foodbank.

Just days later, Joe donated the other half of his money to Maggie's Newcastle, a cancer care centre which his grandmother Gwenda Fletcher, 71, visits at the Freeman Hospital. The youngster also performed for visitors in the garden.

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