{"id":494,"date":"2010-09-08T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?494"},"modified":"2010-09-08T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T14:52:00","slug":"mp-praises-help-for-heroes-charity-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/mp-praises-help-for-heroes-charity-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"MP praises Help for Heroes charity walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MP for Torridge and West Devon has backed two Territorial Army soldiers who are walking from Lands End to John O'Groats to raise money that will be used to support armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Cole and Josh Philips aim to raise &pound;10,000 for the Help for Heroes charity through the 1,236-mile walk and they have received the support of politician Geoffrey Cox, the Tavistock People reports.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I cannot think of a better reason to support what they are doing and I wish them the best of luck in the rest of their 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