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Funeral for £1m marathon girl

The funeral of Claire Squires, who collapsed and died close to the end of the London Marathon, has taken place. £1,000,000 has since been raised by donations to Claire's Just Giving page.

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Donations set to approach one million

Donations are continuing to flood into Claire Squire's Just Giving Page. People from 60 countries have donated, and the money will be given to the Samaritans.

Volunteers there say the contributions mean some good will come from her death.

Initially Claire wanted to raise £500 but she is now set to become one of the biggest individual fund raisers in the history of the London Marathon

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