Hundreds of isolated care home residents can now use tablet computers to keep in touch with loved ones during lockdown. Elderly and vulnerable people across Stockport have been unable to receive visits from friends and family because of the coronavirus rules.
But council bosses have now stepped in, issuing state-of-the-art tablets to every care home in the borough so residents can see the faces of their nearest and dearest again.
Among those to have taken advantage of the new devices is 101-year-old Nora Holtom, who lives at Ashbourne House Care Home, in Gatley.
Nora, who had not seen her family for more than eight weeks, has now been able to speak to them - including her granddaughter Keely who lives in South Africa.