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  A SOUTH Lakeland woman has beaten odds of a million-to-one to be told she can donate a kidney to save her husband’s life.
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           <title>Hundreds join organ donor register</title>
           
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  THE rate at which people are signing up to a regional organ donor register has increased by 63 per cent following the launch of The Westmorland Gazette’s Gift of Life campaign.
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           <title>George waits for a kidney</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  In 2007, George Scattergood was working as a chef in Arnside when he started suffering from cramps in his legs.
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           <title>Greenodd dad: I owe my life to donor</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  Philip Robinson had a kidney transplant 12 months ago. He believes himself to be one of the lucky ones, after only spending a year on the organ donor register.
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           <title>'Now I know about both sides of organ donation'</title>
           
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