KIND-hearted pupils at Blackpool's St Mary's RC High School have raised £400 for needy children - by giving up snacks.

Pupils marked Harvest Fast Day by going without their extra titbits and donating money they would have spent to Catholic Aid for Overseas Development, which helps families in the Third World with long-term development programmes. They also donated their spare change twice a day for a week.

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