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COMIC RELIEF'S GBP3.5m NET GAIN.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| December 26, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Daily Star)

Byline: PETER DYKE

NOW that's what you call a useful Christmas present.

Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh and several celeb chums went back to Africa to distribute life-saving mosquito nets.

They help prevent the spread of deadly malaria which is carried by mosquitoes and is Africa's biggest killer.

Back in March, Kimberley, 28, and a host of celebs embarked on a gruelling seven-day hike up Mount Kilimanjaro and raised a whopping GBP3.5million for Comic Relief.

Just before Christmas, Kimberley and four of the stars who braved the 15,000 ft trek - GMTV's Ben Shepherd, 35, Take That frontman Gary Barlow, …

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