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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Crowdfunder saves corner shop after melted chocolate calamity | Mind Blowing Facts

Heat-damaged chocolate on discount at Ellis Stories in Scunthorpe
Heat-damaged chocolate on discount at Ellis Stories in Scunthorpe. Photograph: Claire York

An online appeal has raised funds for the owners of a corner shop whose entire stock of chocolate worth nearly £1,000 melted after its air conditioning failed to cope during the recent heatwave.

More than £630 has been raised to replace the lost sweets after a GoFundMe page was set up by Claire York, the daughter of the store’s owners, Stephen and Linda Ellis.

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