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Alnwick mum Gill Castle completes English Channel swim

This is the moment Gill Castle became the first person with a stoma to swim the English Channel solo.

The 43-year-old from Alnwick, Northumberland, swam overnight from Dover to France with her epic challenge taking about 14 hours.

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12 September 2023
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