STRANGERS have given a Barnsley couple £3,000 so they don’t have to get rid of their horses.
The kind gesture was made by Malcolm and Christine Hodgson after they had read about the plight of Jackie Whitfield and John Chappell, who were going to have to give up their grazing plot after the rent went up from £300 to £2,250 - to bring it in line to reflect market rent rates, the council said.
The money from Mr and Mrs Hodgson, of Rebecca Mews, Barnsley, has given them enough to pay the rent for a year and to feed the animals throughout the winter.
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