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According to the Trussell Trust, 67,851 parcels were distributed in Northern Ireland, 26,459 of those given to children in 2025.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The copy of Harper Lee's seminal 1960 work was discovered in a box of American books given to the charity's bookshop in Portobello Road, west London.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The collection was later recovered by Allied forces and given to the Dutch government, with the diptych being sold to the Norton Simon in 1971.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The money will serve as gap financing for developments with a funding shortfall, with priority given to affordable and mixed-income housing projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Something someone who loved him had given to him.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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