A mother whose trapped wind was later diagnosed as bowel cancer had to break lockdown to share the devastating news to her three children.
Heartbroken Emma Wright, from Wainfleet St Mary, Lincoln, couldn't bear telling her kids over the phone that she had only 12 months to live.
The 37-year-old had been separated from children Jamie-Leigh, 19, Crystal-Jade, 18 and Boedi-Marc, 15 - as well as two-year-old grandson Lincoln - because of the coronavirus lockdown rules.
But having received the life-changing news, British Heart Foundation assistant manager Emma and husband Chris arranged to meet all the family at her daughter's house.
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