A TEAM of intrepid teenagers has given a £1,000 boost to a hospital's special care baby unit.
The money was raised by four friends from Durham Johnston School, who completed the Three Peaks Challenge during the summer holidays.
Team leader Laura Frost, plus Elizabeth Dick, Susan Thornborrow and Simon Lucas, climbed the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales, within the 24-hour target time.
They cut it fine, but having scaled Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, they reached the foot of the Welsh mountain with half-an-hour to spare.
The group has now collected sponsorship money, including £255 from the Inland Revenue office in Durham and £250 from the city's Round Table club, helping them to more than double the original target of £500.
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