‘Georgie Peterson made a decision that would change another person’s life by choosing to join the organ donor register – a brave choice that the rest of us should make as well’
Register to help others
Georgie Peterson made a decision as a teenager that would one day change another person’s life.
Long before tragedy struck, she chose to join the organ donor register. She understood something many of us avoid thinking about – that even after death, we can still give hope to someone else.
Despite living with a rare brain condition since childhood, Georgie embraced life with warmth, humour and courage. Her family called her their “human sunshine”.
They were right. When she died last August, aged just 33, her devastated mother Jackie honoured her daughter’s wishes with extraordinary bravery.
Georgie’s left hand now belongs to Kim Smith, who lost her hands and feet to sepsis. Her emotional meetings with Jackie are a reminder that organ donation is not about statistics or slogans.
It is about human beings changing each other’s lives in the darkest moments imaginable. At 17, Georgie made that choice. The rest of us should, too.
Tax oil giants
Donald Trump’s reckless war on Iran has lit a fuse under global oil prices.
And while ordinary families count every penny, the oil giants are counting billions. Shell alone has banked £5.1 billion in just three months, pocketing £102 for every household in Britain.
Meanwhile, food bills rise, living standards fall, and futures grow uncertain. This is not market forces working as they should. This is profiteering, born from the Trump-made crisis and human suffering.
The Government cannot sit on its hands while ordinary people pay the price for war and instability. Windfall taxes must stay and given such eye watering profits strengthened. Because when companies cash in during global hardship, the public deserves its fair share back.
Wonder years
From the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, Sir David Attenborough has spent a lifetime showing us the wonders of our world.
He has grown into a national treasure and, for many, the greatest Briton of all. Today he turns 100. From all of us and our readers, happy birthday, Sir David.