Cornwall couple reunited after enforced separation ends

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Cornwall couple reunited after enforced separation ends
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The pair in their 90s had had to be separated because of a shortage of housing options.

BBC South West special correspondentA couple from Torpoint are celebrating being back together after being forced apart for more than four months, following a prolonged hospital stay.

Cornwall Council said it was glad this situation had been resolved, but added that county "continues to experience extreme and unprecedented pressures on housing"."All the best my darling, look after your plants!" - this was one of the many familiar goodbyes Sheila Glass received from staff when she finally left Liskeard Hospital earlier this month on 10 June.

He said: "It's been like jumping through hoops on a daily basis. And, just as a door would open, another door would close."The couple have been married for 74 years and, other than stints during Mr Glass's time in the Royal Navy, had rarely been apart. Recent figures showed about half of patients classed as fit to leave remained in Devon and Cornwall's hospitals at the end of a day.

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