Widow left with crippling energy bill after keeping dying husband warm during cancer care

Simona, 46, and David Pappalardo, 47, pictured before David’s death in June - (Marie Curie)

A widow who has been left with thousands of pounds of energy debt after her husband’s sudden cancer diagnosis has called for more financial support for terminally ill patients.

Simona Pappalardo, 46, from London, said the couple’s lives were “turned upside down in the space of a few hours” when doctors discovered a mass in her husband David’s brain.