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Dad rejects £200k job to spend time with daughters fighting 'billion-to-one' illnesses

A struggling father has turned down a £200,000 a year job to spend "as much time as possible" with his daughters who are fighting life-threatening illnesses.

Matt Shaw, 39, gave up his job as a financial analyst and knocked back a position with a £200,000 salary in London, claiming that "I don't know how long I have with them".

The Durham dad-of-two with his wife Tracy, 33, have already had to watch their first daughter Sophia, five, beat a brain tumour, The Mirror reports.

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