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'I'm celebrating Father's Day with my family thanks to stranger who gave me his lungs'

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Most parents will be seeing the lockdown as a way to spend more time with their children. But for one dad, the weeks spent ­isolated at home with his family have been particularly precious.

On Father’s Day last year, Ben Wolfenden was recovering in an ­intensive care unit after having a life-saving double lung transplant.

Ben, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth, was told he would ­probably never see his 30th birthday. But the 37-year-old has defied his doctors’ prognoses and gone on to get married, start a family and set up his own business.

Despite his determined approach to life, Ben was dealt a near-fatal blow last February when a bout of flu resulted in him being blue-lighted to hospital.

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