A mum has said she is "overwhelmed" thousands of people came to her aid in her hour of need.
Tricia Finnigan, from Maghull, said she had been in a state of "panic" after news broke that after McDonald's announced it would be axing plastic cutlery. Her son, Alex, 28, has autism and has been none verbal since birth and uses the McFlurry spoons to "reduce his anxiety" by breaking them apart.
In desperation, she turned to social media in an effort to locate the spoons as she only had three months' supply left. Two days later her post was shared over 3,000 times and Tricia was contacted by people in America, Canada, and Australia offering to help Alex.
