A Liversedge woman has won the North Kirklees Carer of the Year competition.
Margaret Trott won a £500 break. She has spent 43 years caring for husband Alan who was injured playing rugby just three months after they married.
He spent nine months in a coma and has never been able to walk properly since.
Other nominees won aromatherapy sessions, including: Christine Kirkby of Liversedge who cares for her husband who has had renal and heart failure; Ann Walker of Birstall who gave up her job to care for her husband who had a stroke as well as caring for her twin teenagers; and Jean Burnley of Birstall who cares for her husband Stephen who was badly injured in a car accident, and her mother who has had a severe stroke.
In presenting the winners with their prizes, the Mayor of Kirklees, Councillor Jean Calvert, said: "Every one of our carer nominations has been exceptional and I'm sure you will agree that each of them deserves to be, and is, a carer of the year."
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