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news from www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk I don't know what to say, it's a sad news yet it's a great one ! Battling Reece Fleming, 8, clung to life just long enough to 'marry' sweetheart Monday, July 21, 2008, 07:30 AN eight-year-old leukaemia victim “married” his eight-year-old sweetheart the day before he died. The family of Reece Fleming believe he clung to life just long enough for his mock wedding to Elleanor Pursglove because he had always said he wanted to marry her. The emotional event took place at the family's home in Mackworth, where the youngsters even exchanged rings. Reece's mother, Lorraine Fleming, 28, said: "They have been good friends for years. He had asked her a few times before and she decided to accept. It is something he had his heart set on. It may seem like a strange thing to do but their friendship was very strong. It was emotional, you can't really describe in words what it was like. They were both very quiet but there was a lo...

This is an interesting news and I think it's also important. I got this news from http://abcnews.go.com Fast-Food Ice Dirtier Than Toilet Water Seventh-Grader's Science Project Turns Up Some Disturbing Results Feb. 20, 2006 Jasmine Roberts never expected her award-winning middle school science project to get so much attention. But the project produced some disturbing results: 70 percent of the time, ice from fast food restaurants was dirtier than toilet water. The 12-year-old collected ice samples from five restaurants in South Florida -- from both self-serve machines inside the restaurant and from drive-thru windows. She then collected toilet water samples from the same restaurants and tested all of them for bacteria at the University of South Florida. In several cases, the ice tested positive for E. coli bacteria, which comes from human waste and has been linked to several illness outbreaks across the country. "These [bacteria] don't belong there," said Dr. Davi...