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32 per cent increase in organ donors

8:19am Friday 12th April 2013

THE number of people donating organs after death in Yorkshire has increased by 32 per cent in the last five years.

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Family in organ donor plea

9:35am Monday 8th October 2012

A 21-YEAR-OLD woman who has been plagued by health problems since she was a baby is facing an agonising wait for a third vital organ transplant.

Family of canoe woman in plea on organ donors plea

8:33am Tuesday 10th January 2012

THE heartbroken partner of a woman who died after her canoe capsized in a river on New Year’s Day has urged people to sign up to The Press’s Lifesavers register.

Brave Vaughn inspires family’s fundraising drive

8:55am Friday 9th December 2011

Vaughn Pearce-Storm runs happily around his home like any other little boy – full of energy and smiles.

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Tragic teacher donates organs after death

9:10am Monday 7th November 2011

THE widow of a popular York science teacher who died suddenly while cycling says organ donation means he has gone on to help many people after his death.

York man’s kidney transplant joy

9:52am Saturday 13th August 2011

After three years of waiting, Andy Henwood got the kidney he had been waiting for, as GAVIN AITCHISON reports.

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Football fan Dan has kidney transplant

9:39am Thursday 9th June 2011

A YOUNG man is looking forward to a bright future after undergoing a life-changing kidney transplant.

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John Targett, 59, donates part of liver to help grandson

9:35am Monday 10th January 2011

THE life of a York toddler has been saved after his grandfather came to the rescue by donating part of his liver.

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Organ donation brings gift of life and hope

8:32am Friday 31st December 2010

The Press has spearheaded a campaign urging people to save lives through organ donation. MIKE LAYCOCK catches up with people whose stories have moved readers in the past year and urges others to become Lifesavers in 2011.

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Miracle baby Jessica Gaughan celebrates her first birthday

10:38am Monday 25th October 2010

MIRACLE baby Jessica Gaughan turns one today – and it will be a day of celebration for her mum who was told she would never give birth.

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Friends and family gather to mark Kyle’s birthday

8:27am Saturday 11th September 2010

FAMILY and friends of a popular York teenager who died after suffering a massive stroke on Christmas Day will be remembering him on his birthday.

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York mother donates kidney to sick son

10:25am Thursday 26th August 2010

A MOTHER has saved her York son’s life by giving him one of her kidneys.

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Family of liver transplant girl back Lifesavers campaign

9:09am Monday 19th July 2010

A NINE-year-old girl who had a liver transplant three years ago is raising awareness of the importance of organ donation by taking part in next month’s British Transplant Games.

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Lynda Morrison returns from Transplant Games with medal haul

9:35am Monday 12th July 2010

WITHOUT a stranger’s gift of a new heart, Lynda Morrison would not have lived beyond the age of seven.

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Lifesavers organ donation campaign hits the streets of York

8:00am Wednesday 7th July 2010

YORK residents and tourists signed up to the Organ Donor Register as The Press took its Lifesavers campaign to the city’s streets.

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Press organ donor campaign gets double boost with launch of new video and stall in city centre

8:24am Monday 5th July 2010

SAVING a life is about to get easier and the case for doing so even more compelling as The Press steps up its Lifesavers campaign.

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