A Newcastle mum has died from a rare form of coronavirus leaving her two daughters orphaned after their dad died from cancer in 2015.
Tragically Freeman Hospital cleaner Judith Thorpe, 49, felt forced to cash in her pension to cover rocketing fuel costs - but by doing so waived a potential death-in-service payout of £60,000 and up to £30,000 in pensionable pay.
Her sudden death from a rare form of Covid this week has left her daughters Hannah, 16, and Scarlett, 13, without parents. Their father John Lydon, 51, died from pancreatic cancer in 2015, as reported by The Mirror.
