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In the News: Teenagers set an example by handing in abandoned case of 50 notes. Would you?

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Who says young people today are materialistic and just out for themselves?

Seventeen-year-olds Will Miles and Ryan McClory were hailed as a model of public-spiritedness to young people and adults alike after they found an abandoned briefcase containing £5,000 in cash on a bus station bench and promptly handed it in to police. The pair from Bath were on their way home from a night out when they found the case, opened it and were stunned to find it crammed with £50 notes, reported the Daily Mirror. "We were a bit shocked when we saw all the money," said Will. "We didn't know exactly how much it was, but could tell it was a large amount. We knew someone would be missing it so we decided to take it to the police station."

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