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Jeremy Armstrong

Sir Mo Farah backs Morpeth schoolgirl as she jogs 1,000 miles to support child victims of war

A little girl with a heart of gold has won the backing of Sir Mo Farah himself - by running 1,000 miles for Save The Children.

Sienna Bowen's extraordinary effort has taken her two years with daily jogs around her home in Morpeth and on the beaches of Northumberland.

She was just nine years old when she told her mum Salwa that she was determined to raise £5,000 to help the child victims of war. She had seen her mum close to tears as she watched a news report on families in Syria and the Yemen who were left homeless.

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