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Radio Leicester,3 mins

Lonely at Christmas

Jim Davis and Jo Hayward

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New research as found 4 million people living in the UK expect to be alone this Christmas. Ralph Nuttal from Thurmaston is 87. He has no children and since his wife died almost twenty years ago, he has always spent Christmas with friends. But that's not happening this year. Ralph is fairly pragmatic about his circumstances. Being an only child, he's quite used to being alone, but at this time of year, its always harder to accept that you have no one around. Jim went to meet him.

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