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Dan Barker & Lynn Love

Kate Winslet paid Scots mum's £17k energy bill after story 'absolutely destroyed her'

The story of a Scots mum who was struggling to pay her £17k energy bill to keep disabled daughter alive 'absolutely destroyed' actress Kate Winslet.

The Oscar-winning star said she had no other option but to help after hearing Tillicoultry woman Carolynne Hunter's money struggles.

Carolynne's 13-year-old daughter Freya, the youngest of four children, has severe complex health problems and disabilities, is non-verbal and blind and requires full-time oxygen and at-home nursing care.

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