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WEEKEND SHIRTS
Now £20 plus £4.95 p&p Any two for £30
Any four for £50
These luxurious 100 per cent cotton shirts feature a single
breast pocket and button-down collar with a stylish contrasting
collar and cuff. Machine washable at 30°C.
Sizes (to fit chest): S (up to 37in), M (38–41in), L (42–44in),
XL (45–47in), XXL (48–50in), XXXL (51–54in).
H9W14A Navy-gold check
H9W14B Sky-navy check
H9W14C Red-blue check
H9W14D Blue double-check
H9W14E Slate multi-stripe
H9W14F Blue retro-stripe
SLIM-FIT TROUSERS
COLLECTION
Now £20 plus £4.95 p&p
Any two pairs for £35
Our range of slim-fit trousers
have been designed with a
sleek and modern silhouette.
Choose from flat-front chinos,
cords or our authentically
styled jeans. All options
feature the same high
standards of tailoring you
expect from a pair of Samuel
Windsor trousers.
The chinos and jeans are
constructed using 98 per
cent cotton and 2 per cent
elastane, while the cords are
made using 97 per cent cotton
and 3 per cent elastane,
guaranteeing their closer
fit does not compromise on
comfort. Machine washable
at 30°C.
Available in sizes: leg length
29in available with waist sizes
30–38in; and 31in and 33in
available with waist sizes
30–40in.
Blue double-check
Dark olive cords Indigo jeans
Navy-gold check
Sky-navy check
Red-blue check
Blue double-check
Slate multi-stripe
Blue retro-stripe
Chinos Cords Jeans
P9W14A
Stone
P9W17A
Navy
P9W24A
Indigo
P9W14B
Navy
P9W17B
Camel
P9W24B
Blue
P9W14C
Khaki
P9W17C
Dark Olive
amazing dogs who aRE up foR cRufts awaRd
therapy dog team, under
the leadership of Lyndsey
and Leo, provide animal
assisted intervention,
including paediatric
intensive care, oncology,
cardiology, orthopae-
dics, renal and surgical wards.
Leo and the gang are in the running
to be crowned Child’s Champion in
the Friends for Life awards at Crufts
2020, which starts today at
healing hounds
Birmingham’s NEC. Lead dog handler
Lyndsey has witnessed children
waking from sedation to the presence
of the dogs. She’s also seen, like Oscar,
the first smiles from patients and chil-
dren taking their first steps as part of
rehabilitation thanks to the pooches.
The dogs escort children to theatre
to alleviate anxiety, provide distraction
to those undergoing procedures and
do meet-and-greets to youngsters and
families in the hospital. The amazing
exclusive
by RHIAN LUBIN
L
ittle Oscar Haskell was in
intensive care with a rare
brain condition when his heart
rate rocketed.
Doctors told the three-year-old’s
mum, Zoe Relph, to prepare for the
worst as her boy was deteriorating fast
and was unresponsive.
“We weren’t expecting him to pull
through at all,” mum-of-three Zoe
says. “He wasn’t responding at all and
his heart rate was through the roof.
“He had 26 tubes into him, six brain
probes drilled into his skull and he
had machines keeping him alive.”
But then medics came up with a
very different medication for the
youngster – golden retriever Leo.
“The doctors asked would we be
interested in meeting a therapy dog,”
Zoe adds. “I was shocked to think of a
dog in intensive care. Doctors told me
to keep talking to Oscar so he could
hear my voice. We didn’t know if he
could hear us or not. But I always
promised the boys we’d have a puppy.”
Recalling through tears the words
she said to her son, Zoe says: “I
promised him if he got through it, I’d
get him a dog. That’s all I kept saying
to him over and over.”
In came therapy dog Leo’s handler,
Lyndsey Uglow, who placed a mat over
Oscar to protect his tubes, and put
Leo’s paw on Oscar’s hand.
“And then his heart rate came
down,” Zoe recalls. “It was amazing.
The intensive care doctors were
crying, it was a pure miracle. He hadn’t
moved his face, nothing was moving
at all. And then he smiled.”
That was in October 2016 at
Southampton Children’s Hospital and
since then Oscar has gone from
strength to strength. Meanwhile, Leo
is vying for an award at Crufts.
O
scar had been diagnosed with
acute disseminated
encephalomyelitis. “It means
he had an auto-immune bug
which tricked his brain into attacking
itself, effectively,” Zoe explains.
“He’s tried lots of different
treatments but nothing compares to
how much Leo has helped him.”
Since meeting Leo, the youngster
improved slowly day by day and the
pair have built a special relationship.
Zoe, 44, of Elmer Sands, West
Sussex, also mum to nine-year-old
Ollie and five-year-old Alfie, believes
her son, now seven, might not have
pulled through without the dog’s help.
She says: “I really think if it weren’t
for Leo, Oscar would have given up.
Leo never left his side after that.
“Lyndsey would have
to carry him out
because he wouldn’t
leave the bedside, he’d
sleep next to him. They
formed this amazing
bond. He’s helped us all
in so many ways.
“These therapy dogs
should be used all over
the country.”
Oscar has brain
damage from ADEM
but thanks to Leo, he is
out of immediate danger and is even
back at school.
Leo is one of six therapy dogs at
Southampton Children’s Hospital who
have helped 10,000 children. The SCH
i f it weren’t
for Leo, i
believe
oscar
would have
given up
zoe relph on her son’s
bond with therapy dog
gRAtefUL Zoe credits
Oscar’s recovery to Leo