A single mum with two children under 10 was using a candle wax melter and a gas fire to make beans on toast, because she couldn't afford any proper cooking equipment. A councillor says he was shocked by the sight and has since arranged a donation for the family.
Councillor Gerard Woodhouse said he felt 'deeply saddened and physically sick' by what he saw in home while he was dropping supplies to the family - and said he had "cried non stop".
He told the Echo : "I went into the house and the little girl opened the door and took me through to the living room. The mum had bread on a knife holding it to the gas fire and a candle holder heating some beans. To see that in this day and age knocked me sick.
