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Liam Thorp & Ryan Fahey

Ex-cop cancels week off 'watching Netflix' to help refugees escaping Ukraine

A man cancelled his week off "watching Netflix and eating Pringles" to help desperate refugees fleeing a warzone.

Paul Stratton was planning some downtime from his job at Liverpool Council, but after seeing devastating scenes of innocent Ukrainians being driven out of their homes by Russia's invasion - he made a dramatic change of plan.

The former cop and his brother made the 1300-mile trip to to Przemyśl, in Poland, where Ukrainian refugees are arriving in their thousands - many of them without a penny or possession to their name.

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