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Ashes of girl, 7, to travel globe on racing yacht

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The ashes of a seven-year-old who died in a road accident are set to embark on a round-the-world sailing journey in her memory.

Eloise Jackson, who was killed in a collision with a lorry while cycling on the A338 in Wiltshire in July 2021, will head off on her “final journey and final chapter” as part of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, her family said.

A 70ft (21m) ocean racing yacht specially named in her honour will leave Portsmouth on Sunday carrying some of her ashes to ports in Spain, South Africa, China and South Korea before arriving in Australia for Christmas.

Her mother Laura Jackson told the BBC the sailing tribute was another way to keep her daughter’s memory alive.


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