The woman thought to be Britain’s longest serving female blood donor has saved countless lives after giving 130 pints of blood over 56 years.

Christine Newnham, 80, has not missed an appointment with her blood bank, at The Coniston Holiday Inn, Sittingbourne, since April 1966.

The retired nurse has donated three times a year since the age of 24 – racking up a staggering 130 visits.

Christine, a grandmother-of-six and great-grandmother-of-two, from Sittingbourne, said: “I want to help people – that is all I have ever wanted to do.

“I wanted to give blood to help those people in hospitals who need blood transfusions.

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