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Amy Reast & Ryan Fahey

Family forced to choose between heat and food 'blown away' by stranger's donation

A family who have been choosing between eating and heating their home due to energy bill hikes were blown away when a kind anonymous stranger delivered 500 litres of oil for their heating tank.

Stepdad-of-three Harry Lay, 36, told how rising oil costs forced him and wife Kittie, 36, to rely on food banks to feed their kids - despite both having jobs.

Harry, from Cricklade, Wiltshire, spoke out last week after it was announced cost of living had risen at its fastest pace in nearly 30 years in the 12 months to December.

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