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Morrisons has rebranded its freshly baked Market Street Cob to 'Cob for Care' to raise money for the UK's leading end of life charity, Marie Curie.

Morrisons launches limited edition ‘Cob for Care’

Presenter Kemi Rodgers and Marie Curie nurse Ashleigh Wood partner with Marie Curie to launch Superdrug’s ‘Purchase for Nurses’ campaign, sharing the top ten ‘life lessons’ as told to end of life nurses by terminally ill patients. Photo credit: Matt Crossick/PA Media Assignments

End of life lessons revealed by Marie Curie and Superdrug

Plan to spare terminally ill residents from paying council tax approved

In September 2025, councillors voted unanimously in favour of offering financial support to residents who had been diagnosed as having less than a year to live.

Terminally ill residents set to be spared from paying council tax

Councillors have been asked to agree to a motion calling for a review of the financial support they offer to people with less than 12 months to live.

Call to scrap council tax for terminally ill residents across Wakefield

Marie Curie launches powerful documentary championing young people with terminal illness.

Marie Curie launches documentary championing young people with terminal illness

Morrisons latest Every Pack Gives Back initiative for end of life charity Marie Curie.

Morrisons latest Every Pack Gives Back initiative

TV personality Joe Baggs has teamed up with end of life charity Marie Curie and Superdrug to launch ‘The Art of Care’ – a giant 3D artwork of a Marie Curie Healthcare Assistant caring for a patient, made of the items that the charity’s nursing teams say can make a big difference at the end of life.

Launch of Superdrug’s ‘Purchase for Marie Curie Nurses’ campaign

Newfield Lodge residents enjoying special daffodil-themed cakes

Castleford care home supports Marie Curie with endearing month-long fundraiser

Chris Kamara surprises Leeds locals as he lauches Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal.

Chris Kamara surprises Leeds locals lauching Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal

Morrisons announces its new charity partner, Marie Curie, with a shared ambition to improve end of life care for local communities. Chosen from over 100 charities in a Morrisons colleague vote, Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end of life charity. The new three-year partnership aims to raise £15 million.

Morrisons announces new national charity partnership with Marie Curie

Marie Curie have helped terminally ill patients curate their favourite songs for end of life care, as the charity looks to provide more focus on the quality for those in care.

Marie Curie help terminally ill curate end of life Spotify playlist

Brits to spend £1.4 billion on self care this summer – Marie Curie partners with Strictly’s Karim Zeroual to urge shoppers to donate just 20p.

Brits to spend £1.4 billion on self care this summer

Brits are set to spend £1.4 billion on health and beauty this summer - Karim Zeroul urges Superdrug shoppers to donate 20p to help end of life care.

Brits are set to spend £1.4 billion on health and beauty this summer

Michelle Longbotham, Store Manager at SPAR Wentworth Street, Wakefield; Esme’s dad James Goldsborough; Esme Jones; and Fiona Drummond, Company Stores Director at James Hall & Co. Ltd.

Wakefield girl wins national SPAR sandwich competition

Back to the Future The Musical at London's Adelphi Theatre has been named among the best value tickets on sale in the capital

Cheapest 10 London theatre shows to see this Summer from £17.90
West End London musicals with cheapest theatre ticket prices listed and how to get them including Sister Act, Guys and Dolls and Back To The Future The Musical for days out or weekend breaks
Alison Brinkworth

Marie Curie is urging people to get quizzing to support its work

Marie Curie urges people in Wakefield to get quizzing for a good cause

Mary Shirt

Wakefield care home invites you to Marie Curie bake sale

Ad Feature Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal returns to SPAR stores

Volunteer at a Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal collection raising vital funds for the charity

Marie Curie needs people of Wakefield to volunteer for Great Daffodil Appeal

Marie Curie celebrates 75th anniversary with yellow-inspired recipes for Summer 2023

Ad Feature Marie Curie marks 75 years with yellow-inspired recipes for the Summer

Members of the Castleford and Pontefract District Lions Club collected spare change outside of Carlton Lanes Shopping Centre in aid of the Turkey-Syria earthquake victims.

Lions Club raises over £2k for Turkey-Syria earthquake victims

Marie Curie Ambassador Chris Kamara joined them in handing over the Dying in Poverty petition to 10 Downing Street.

Chris Kamara makes plea for terminally ill to get state pensions early

It is when the darkness risks appearing overwhelming that the message of Christ’s transforming light becomes most relevant

National Day of Reflection to take place on March 23

A waterfront mansion worth £4.5 million is up for grabs, as the UK's biggest ever house draw is launched.

Waterfront mansion up for grabs in UK’s biggest ever house draw

Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has announced a three-year partnership with end of life charity Marie Curie which will help support terminally ill people in the UK facing rising energy costs.

Help and support for terminally ill people facing rising fuel bills

End-of-life charity Marie Curie said it was "shocking" that more than 90,000 people across the UK pass away while living in poverty annually and called for urgent action from the Government.

Hundreds of Wakefield residents 'die in poverty' each year
Hundreds of people die in poverty in Wakefield every year, according to estimates published for the first time.
Leanne Clarke

More than 1,000 people in Wakefield have died from coronavirus since the pandemic reached the UK around two years ago.

Covid-19 in Wakefield: City's death toll two years on

Deciding what to call a child can be tricky, but what if choosing a particular name could make them more likely to be a genius?

Babies named John and Marie are most likely to be geniuses

The UK is holding two minute's silence on Tuesday (Getty Images)

This is when silences will be observed today - in honour of lives lost to corona...

NHS workers hold a minute's silence outside the main entrance of Derriford Hospital on 28 April 2020 in Plymouth (Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

The UK will pause for a minute's silence today - National Day of Reflection expl...

Wakefield will fall silent tomorrow as it supports Marie Curie's national day of reflection.

Wakefield to hold minute's silence to remember those lost to Covid

The council wants to commemorate this tragic loss of life by coming together, as a district, to remember them.

Wakefield to hold minute's silence to remember those lost to Covid

Join stars and celebrities at huge online charity event

Burberry has been making PPE for months.

Burberry secures half-a-million-pound contract to make PPE equipment

The charity is geared up to care for hundreds of additional dying patients requiring end of life care, in order to relieve the unprecedented pressure on the NHS.

LETTER: Keep Marie Curie nurses on the front line

A Marie Curie nurse

Charity's pledge to support dying patients across Yorkshire during coronavirus c...

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