Care staff help Wooler woman celebrate her 100th birthday

Ruth Redpath, of Victoria Road, celebrated her century on Tuesday.Staff at Bell View Day Care in Belford – which Ruth attends two days a week - donned their uniforms and went to Ruth’s home where, socially distanced, they sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and presented her with a cake.Ruth also posed for a photograph with her card from The Queen.

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