Great news which should be on the front of every newspaper today

[Oneeyedvic]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/804972 9.stm

A Northumberland millionaire is selling his �16m country estate and giving every penny of the proceeds to charity.

Brian Burnie is open to offers for the Doxford Hall Hotel and its 10 acre estate near Alnwick.

He hopes to use the profits from the sale to establish and pay for a Macmillan cancer nurse for north Northumberland.

The 64-year-old also hopes to pay for a set of custom-made vehicles to take cancer patients to and from hospitals.

Mr Burnie said: "We live in a me, me, me society and it has always been important to me to think of others.

"We can all do something by leaving money to charity when we die, but why don't we do something while we are still living?"

Good on yer.

[tiggerblue10]

That is very decent of him. I give to a couple of charities by direct debit each month and sponser people at work when the do fun runs etc so its not all when we die.

[missnemesis]

Wow that's fantastic and very VERY newsworthy.

[Booldawg]

I bet his 3 kids dont share the same opinion!

[webbo3]

i saw this when browsing the net in work last night, fantastic, what a nice bloke.
as vic said
" good on yer"



Dave.

[marval]

Well done to him, at last someone with money who will do some good with it.

[paraffin]

The man deserves every accolade which comes his way but the story would have a job dislodging the MPs' expenses row.

[Lindylou]

Very well done Mr Burnie. Why should anyone want so much money? I've always thought that anyone who wants to keep earning/receiving money after the first million is mentally ill. Spread the dosh around a bit. If I had some there are SO many people I know personally who could do with a bit of help. And I'm not taking huge amounts of money - a thousand or two would help to change so many lives for the better.

[Simon-Bloom]

Just the tonic we all need to hear right now + agree good news like this needs to be more prominent in the media, especially right now. Thanks for this thread Oneeyedvic.
Good on you, too ;-)