Miranda Wingfield thought her swim across the English Channel would be her swan song. The Northampton High School alum has always been a distance swimmer, but she didn’t find open water swimming until ... A ten-year-old girl is making waves by swimming the equivalent of the English Channel – all in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and in tribute to her grandad’s recovery from cancer.

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