Local trust donates £1m. to university's cancer research
THE fight against cancer is £1m. better off thanks to a donation from a Guernsey-based charitable trust.
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Jim and the late Peggy Wilkinson set up the Wilkinson Trust and have now given the seven- figure sum to the University of Southampton in a bid to realise its goal of building a world-leading research centre in cancer immunology and immunotherapy.
Jim Wilkinson, pictured, said he would rather see the money put towards a good cause than sitting in a bank account.
'I decided to donate it because I had the money, and at my age I probably won't spend it.
'I will visit the centre once it is built. It would be strange if I didn't.
