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Eighty-seven-year-old Priscilla June Davies, from Bedwas, received a warm welcome at Caerphilly Fire Station recently when she presented a set of knitted ‘trauma teddies’ she made.

The bears will be handed to children affected by emergencies attended by South Wales Fire and Rescue to help calm and reassure them.

Priscilla, who is more commonly known as June, told Caerphilly Observer she has made countless teddies in the past for other good causes – including a batch to India for disabled children and ones destined for the Heath Hospital in Cardiff.

She said: “I can’t go out, so this is something to keep my mind working and occupied.

“The firefighters are wonderful people who do a wonderful job – I cannot praise them enough.”