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Sophie Finnegan

Autistic boy, 3, who found shopping 'overwhelming' becomes best friends with worker, 60, at Darlington store

A three-year-old boy who found shopping "overwhelming" due to his autism has become best friends with a 60-year-old worker at a store in County Durham.

Shopper Bex Wickens said Asda worker Mags Lunn has completely transformed her son Hudson's shopping experience at the Neasham Road supermarket in Darlington. Mags has gone out of her way to look after Hudson so much that he always makes a beeline for her and gives her big hugs whenever he sees her.

Hudson now loves Asda so much that he has his own mini-Asda at home. He pops into the store up to four times a week with his 10-month-old baby sister Tiny and mum Bex who called Mags "an incredible human" for the way she is with Hudson.

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