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HOW MARCUS MADE A DIFFERENCE

THE dull ache of an empty belly is something he’ll never forget. He may earn £200 000 (R4,3 million) a week, live in a mansion and have a fleet of luxury cars, but it wasn’t that long ago that Marcus Rashford would wake up not knowing if he and his brothers and sisters would eat that day.

And it’s these memories that spurred the Manchester United and England striker to do something few multimillionaire footballers have ever done: use his star power to force the UK government to back down on a controversial decision.

After intense pressure by Rashford, the powers that be will continue feeding 1,3 million

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