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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Lauren Del Fabbro

Jesy Nelson makes Wes Streeting emotional during conversation on SMA diagnosis

Jesy Nelson during the filming for the Graham Norton Show (Matt Crossick/PA) - (PA Archive)

Health Secretary Wes Streeting appeared to fight back tears as singer Jesy Nelson spoke to him about the life-changing impact early detection of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) could have had on her twins.

The 34-year-old singer revealed earlier this month that her daughters, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster, are unlikely to ever walk after being diagnosed with SMA1.

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