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• Couple reunited after year apart under care home lockdown rules

  07-02-2021 19:51
  
  Workers at Lever Edge care home in Bolton laid out flowers and champagne flutes to mark the momentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn emotional reunion between a married couple divided for a year by care home lockdown rules has highlighted the pain of separation still faced by thousands of people.Stanley Harbour, 83, and his wife Mavis Harbour, 81, embraced at the Lever Edge care home in Great Lever, Bolton in a moment captured on film by care workers who had lai
  
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• Couple reunite in Bolton care home after one year apart due to Covid lockdown – video

  07-02-2021 19:46
  
  Stanley Harbour, 83, and his wife, 81-year-old Mavis, embraced at Lever Edge care home in Great Lever, Bolton, in a moment captured on film by care workers. Stanley, who lives with dementia, has been confined to the home since his wife last visited him in February 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic triggered care home lockdowns. They had been ‘lost without each other’, according to the Manchester Evening NewsContinue reading...
  
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