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Charity claims parents with disabled children struggle

Parents with disabled children in the North West are struggling to put food on the table.

One in ten families that work and care for their children are missing meals to pay for treatments.

The research was carried out by the charity Contact a Family, which is campaigning against cuts to benefits.

Family of dead soldier pick up medal

Jack Stanley
Corporal Jack Stanley

The family of a soldier from Blackpool who died after a bomb blast in Afghanistan are picking up a medal in his honour.

Corporal Jack Stanley died two months after being caught in the explosion.

The Duke of Edinburgh will present the medal at a special ceremony in Germany.

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