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Jaimie Kay

Schoolboy, 15, hailed a hero after saving man's eyesight during work experience

A 15-year-old school pupil has been hailed a hero after helping to save a man's eyesight.

Alexander Pickering, who attends Ripon Grammar School, was on a placement at Specsavers in Ripon when a man came in suffering from blurred vision.

The work experience student ran a scan for John Morgan which alerted the optician to something unusual in the retina, Yorkshire Live reports.

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