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Leona Greenan

Lanarkshire teacher making a splash for stillbirth charity

A Lanarkshire teacher has set herself the goal of swimming 5k over the course of August following a heartbreaking stillborn birth in her family.

Karen McCaffreyflits between Blantyre and Larkhall Leisure Centres where she swims every couple of days in a bid to clock up the miles and funds for the national stillbirth and neo-natal death charity SANDS, whom have a base within Wishaw General.

The 46-year-old decided to push herself to complete such a challenge after a close family member tragically suffered a full-term stillbirth last Christmas.

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