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More than £10,000 has been raised to support amputees and their families, after a team completed a gruelling journey from Sudbury to the sea. A total of 23 fund-raisers travelled more than 20 miles along the River Stour, from Sudbury to Cattawade, last Saturday as part of the Steel Bones Canoe Challenge. Led by members of the Sudbury and Colchester canoe clubs, aided by the River Stour Trust, the Steel Bones participants were single or double-leg amputees. They included Danny Smith, who had two amputations due to infections, and 14-year-old Scarlett Walker, whose right leg was amputated after …

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