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A Newbury woman is going to take on Africa’s largest mountain in memory of her mother. Martyna Jóźwiakowska, 44, has taken on many mountains and races but is pushing herself to new heights. She is planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in June. She will be raising money for Cancer Research UK after losing her mother Barbara Nitka to lung cancer in November 2022. Barbara – a military nurse for 43 years – died just three months after her late diagnosis, at the age of 67. “My mother was an amazing woman” Mrs Jóźwiakowska said. “She lived in Poland and after graduating school as a nurse she went to h…

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