Beefy given pounds 30k a day; FUNDRAISING.SIR Ian Botham is defying the credit crunch Credit Crunch An economic condition whereby investment capital is difficult to obtain. Banks and investors become weary of lending funds to corporations thereby driving up the price of debt products for borrowers. by raising more than pounds 30,000 a day on his latest charity walk. The former England cricketer has pulled in over pounds 100,000 after the first three of nine walks in nine towns in nine days. He said yesterday: "People have had a gutful of bad news. They relish doing something positive." Sir Ian was in Bury St Edmunds Coordinates: Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England, and was formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is also the seat of the East of England Regional Assembly. , Suffolk. He plans to cover more than 130 miles in aid of Leukaemia Research. |
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