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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower & Danny Rigg

Mum 'wouldn't be around' if stranger didn't ask the question that 'no one asks'

A mum-of-four says she “would not be around” had a kind stranger not stopped her in a market to ask how she was.

Naheed Tahir, 55, has been an unpaid carer for her 30-year-old daughter Amber since she was born.

Her condition, which means she takes longer to reach social, emotional and educational milestones, leaves her "totally reliant" on Naheed, one of millions of unpaid carers in the UK.

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