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Baroness Coffey has spoken of the trauma of losing her Commons seat in July's general election and just hours later finding out her mother had only a month to live.

"The parakeets are likely to have come over from London," she said.

"Whilst we couldn't save both teeth, the great news is that since his procedure, the abscesses have not come back, and his latest X-ray shows his filling is still in place," she added.

She was found safely hundreds of miles from her home the next day.

The daughter of a disabled woman has said it is cruel her mother is being "forced to retire" from the day centre she attends in Downpatrick because of her age.