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Jon Brady & Iona Young

Mum hails hero Edinburgh DPD courier who delivered son's tube feed amid weather chaos

The mum of a youngster who needs to be fed through a nasal tube has thanked a selfless delivery driver who went out of his way to drop off her son's supply of feed after his shift, in freezing temperatures.

Hope Clark's young son Frankie, two, was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus – a build-up of fluid on the brain – and has a number of complex care needs, which means he is fed through a nasogastric (NG) tube with nutritionally complete liquid food.

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