The world’s oldest man will be forced to celebrate his 112th birthday alone tomorrow thanks to the coronavirus outbreak gripping the UK.
Bob Weighton’s birthday is usually a joyous occasion as pupils from a local school come to sing him songs and the mayor even pays him a visit at his care home.
But celebrations have now been cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has put the entire country on lockdown.
The great-grandfather-of-25 became the oldest man in the world last month after the death of the previous record holder, Chitetsu Watanabe from Japan.