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Rock legend ends Jackie's life fight
Thursday 28th September 2006
Kidderminster Shuttle
ROCK legend, Robert Plant has joined forces with a host of
Wyre Forest musicians to help raise funds for a Kidderminster
woman's life-saving treatment.
Three concerts, including one headlined by the former Led
Zeppelin frontman, have been organised in aid of Jackie Jennings,
who is battling a rare tumour at the base of her skull. » Full
Article
Star
Plant’s plea to help friend
Friday, September 25th, 2006
The
Express and Star
 Former
Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant today made a heartfelt
appeal to help save a Kidderminster mother with a life-threatening
tumour in the base of her skull.
Jackie Jennings faces a race against time to raise £25,000
to pay for pioneering beam therapy in Boston she hopes will
save her life.
The 41-year-old, of Hurcott, has secured £75,000 from
Wyre Forest Primary Care Trust but must find the remainder
of the cash herself.
Plant, a personal friend, today held a press conference
at Kidderminster Town Hall to appeal for help in raising
the money.
Plant and fellow musician Mike Sanchez have offered to hold
a fundraising concert at Kidderminster Town Hall on December
23.
Plant said today: “I was just very glad to be part
of a community effort to raise the money to send Jackie for
this treatment.”
Rock
star’s mercy gig
By Sol Buckner
Friday, September 22nd, 2006
The Express and Star
Rock legend Robert Plant is backing a fundraising campaign
to raise £25,000 in three months to save the life of
a Kidderminster mother suffering from a brain tumour.
The former Led Zeppelin frontman, who lives near Shatterford,
was so moved by the plight of his 41-year-old friend Jackie
Jennings that he decided to stage a Christmas concert in the
town. » Full
Article
Beaming in on a deadly disease
Once the stuff of science fiction, charged particle beams are being used in the
fight against cancer
Michael Pollitt
Thursday August 10, 2006
The Guardian
In the past, Karen Kirkby didn't think about people with
cancer. The physicist, at the University of Surrey's Ion
Beam Centre, likes to work with beams of charged sub-atomic
particles like protons that travel at millions of miles an
hour. » Full
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