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Norwich dad told to get off First bus when son had epileptic fit
A father from Earlham has spoken of his anger at being told to get off a First bus when his young son was having an epileptic fit.
Emma Knights and David Freezer
Saturday, January 21, 2012
2:30 PM
Peter Benning, 25 and of Gilbard Road, Earlham, said his family intended to register a complaint with First about what happened when he and his two-year-old son Reece-Lee were travelling towards Earlham on the number 21 First bus on Tuesday, at about 12.45pm
Mr Benning, who lives with his partner Hannah Williams, 31, said: “We were coming home from the Hamlet Centre when Reece-Lee started fitting on the bus. I said to the bus driver, ‘you need to stop the bus because my son is having a fit.’
“He said okay and stopped the bus. He opened the doors and said, ‘you have to get off’.”
Princess Royal paid a visit to Sutton to recognise the work of carers
Princess Royal visits Sutton Carer’s Centre
8:00am Saturday 21st January 2012 in
The Princess Royal paid a visit to Sutton to recognise the work of carers.
Princess Anne arrived at Sutton Carer’s Centre on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
The Queen’s daughter met and spoke to some of the centre’s 70 volunteers and 12 paid workers.
Rachael MacLeod Stevens, the CEO of Sutton Carers Centre in Benhill Avenue, said everyone was thrilled by the Princess’s visit.
She said: “It is recognition of the contribution friends and carers make; that’s our focus and it’s incredible we are still around to support that care.
“We were one of the first carer centres nationally.
“Princess Anne opened us up when we were just a group of concerned residents 20 years ago and had one carer.
“Twenty years on and carers still lack the recognition they deserve.”
The centre supports about 5,000 unpaid family carers from the ages of 10 to 90.
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Carer hits out over financial support
Carer hits out over financial support
A FULL-TIME carer from Hadlow has launched a furious broadside at Kent County Council’s social services department over its lack of support for carers.
Eight years ago Philip Homewood, of Hope Avenue, gave up a career as a chef and baker to look after his 75-year-old father Bill, who received £160-a-month to pay for care.
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UNHAPPY: Philip Homewood with his father Bill, for whom he acts as full-time carer
The ex-submariner, who suffers from heart disease and arthritis, would pass his payment straight on to his son.
