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Bolton firm fined after Bradley Lowery's father badly burned at work

By PA Media & Ewan Gawne

BBC News

The father of a football mascot whose plight with cancer captured the public's hearts has been left unable to work after a serious burns injury.

Bradley Lowery's father Carl, 41, was badly injured while working on a new apartment block in Salford, when an electric flash blew him backwards.

He was left with burns to his arms and face and needed a skin graft following the incident in May 2020.

Aberla M&E Limited was fined £40,000 for breaching health and safety rules.

Mr Lowery's son Bradley was a huge fan of Sunderland AFC and became a mascot for the Wearside club and for England.