Disabled woman sleeps on sofa for three years
For the past three years Lorna Featherstrone, 46, has been washing herself in a sink and sleep on a sofa because she is unable to climb the stairs in her home in Hull.
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For the past three years Lorna Featherstrone, 46, has been washing herself in a sink and sleep on a sofa because she is unable to climb the stairs in her home in Hull.
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