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Daily Mirror
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Melissa Sigodo

Terminally-ill gran, 88, given bucket and sandbags by council to tackle leaking home

A local council has given a terminally-ill grandma with just months to live a bucket and sandbags to control a severe leak in her flat.

Daphne Fearon, 88, is living in a home falling into disrepair caused by a leaking pipe which is currently shooting water and overflowing a bucket provided by Lambeth Council.

Daphne, who also suffers with dementia, doesn't have a working cooker, or a functioning light in her living room and has no heating due to water tripping the fuses.

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