Volunteers help light up Leeds
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Marie Curie recruited nearly 120 volunteers to hold collections across the city centre as part of its 30th annual Great Daffodil Appeal, which runs throughout this month.
Six landmark buildings – the Queen’s Hotel, the First Direct Arena, the O2 Academy, Bridgewater Place and Leeds University’s Laidlaw Library and multi storey car park – were lit up yellow in support.
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Hide AdThere was also a host of performances by street entertainers.
The charity is still counting the cash collected on Saturday but hopes to have raised £10,000 to fund the work of nurses who care for people with terminal illnesses.
The Great Daffodil appeal has raised £73m since 1986.