Twelve months ago this little boy was the face of the Daily Mirror’s special “green” edition. Layton Lewis was just a few hours old when was photographed for our ground-breaking environmental edition, November 14, 2019.
His gorgeous picture took up the entire front page, with the headline: “Give me a world I can grow up in.” It was a plea for all governments to tackle the climate crisis.
But within weeks the planet began to reel from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has now cost more than a million lives globally.
Layton was a 5lb 9oz bundle of joy when he arrived at Liverpool Women’s Hospital a year ago today. His mum Natalie Marsh, 32, was still in hospital and had no idea her son was about to become a star until Layton’s dad,
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