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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alice Peacock

Mum whose son's disability means he needs room heated to 21C can't afford Christmas

A mum whose disabled son needs his room heated to 21C to avoid hypothermia says the cost of living crisis means she can't afford to treat her kids this Christmas.

Single mum Anna Tesdale, 40, lives in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, with her three children, Mac, 15, George, 18, and 21-year-old Charlie.

Five years ago Charlie, who Anna described as being a “funny, incredible” man, was diagnosed with a “life limiting” degenerative brain condition called SPG11.

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