Two 15-year-olds will test their friendship to the limit when they spend half-term handcuffed together for charity.

Testing time - Rachel and Melissa will be handcuffed for 120 hours Picture: STEVE O'CONNELL VNZP4

The cuffs will be snapped on Rachel Green and Melissa Hadjicostas, both of Shoebury, at 9am on Sunday, February 15.

Then, joined at the wrist, they will spend the next 120 hours raising cash for children and young people involved with the Little Haven Children's Hospice.

Melissa said: "We are putting ourselves in the shoes of conjoined twins"

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Published Tuesday January 27, 2004

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