Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Comedian Jason Manford stepped up to help by donating blood plasma on World Blood Donor Day.
The Salford-born comic made his lifesaving donation at the Bolton donor centre inspired by his mum Sharon who is a new recruit working at the site.
Plasma, the liquid component of blood which transports cells, proteins, hormones and vitamins around the body, saves the lives of people with immune diseases, and more than 1,000 donations are needed a week.
Jason made the donation on World Blood Donor Day today (Monday, June 14) and said: “It was great, everyone here is friendly – nothing you wouldn’t expect in Bolton. “Donation was a quick, painless procedure that saves
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