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Lynn Rusk

Aspiring pilot, 10, who raised £160,000 for charity wins Pride of Britain award

Jacob Newson receiving his young fundraiser of the year award at the Pride of Britain awards (Andy Stenning/Rowan Griffiths /PA) -

A 10-year-old has said his mother would be “filling heaven up” with her tears after he won a Pride of Britain award for raising more than £160,000 for charity in her memory.

Jacob Newson, from Leeds, was seven years old when his mother Andrea died with breast cancer aged 49 in December 2020.

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