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A schoolgirl who has raised more than £100,000 to feed poverty-stricken children shared a special breakfast with a celebrity chef as she prepares to travel to Malawi.

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Nick Nairn made a steaming porridge breakfast for nine-year-old Martha Payne, who will travel to the African country next month to see how the £114,000 she has raised for the charity Mary's Meals is helping hungry youngsters.

Donations to Martha's JustGiving site flooded in after she was banned by her council from blogging about her meals at her school in Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute.

Martha was told she could not take photos of her school lunches for her NeverSeconds blog in June as media coverage apparently left catering staff fearing for their jobs.

However, Argyll and Bute Council backtracked on its decision after negative publicity.

Martha said: "I never dreamt we'd achieve so much.

"I can't stop thinking about all the children we're helping. Just 6p for Mary's Meals gives another hungry child a meal."

Picture: PA

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