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Edd Dracott

Kate Winslet donates £17,000 to help pay life support fuel costs of 12-year-old girl

A Scottish mother facing soaring energy bills due to the cost of running her daughter’s life support has received a £17,000 donation from Kate Winslet.

Carolynne Hunter’s 12-year-old daughter Freya, the youngest of four children, has severe complex health problems and disabilities, is non-verbal, blind, requires full-time oxygen and at-home nursing care.

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