Running a home for her partner and two teenage boys, as well as working full time at Warrington Hospital is a big enough task but, one mum also decided to do a degree.
Lucy Pearson, aged 38, from Orford, has graduated from Liverpool John Moores with a foundation degree in science, health and social care after two years of study.
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