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Nicole Goodwin

North Shields widow who was separated from husband in his final year says Boris Johnson 'ought to go'

Throughout the pandemic, all Susan Odgen wanted was to hold the hand of the man she married 51 years ago.

But due to strict Covid restrictions which prevented visiting in care homes, that moment only arrived for Susan when she said her final goodbye to husband Peter.

While she was writing letters to the government asking them to reconsider rules and allow family carers permission to visit their loved ones in a care home.

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