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Caring for the carers

Annie McLelland is sick of fighting.

“We have had to fight all our lives to get where we are and at my age we shouldn’t have to fight any more,” she says. The 87 year-old, from High Blantyre cares for her 47-year-old son Tom, who has severe learning disabilities.