Kate Garraway has revealed her son Billy’s birthday party has been affected by the flooding at home.
The Good Morning Britain presenter revealed on Friday morning to co-host Charlotte Hawkins and weather correspondent Alex Beresford that her home had been hit by flooding as a result of storms in the UK on Monday night.
However, the resulting clearout has resulted in problems for son Billy’s 12th birthday party which was planned to include their paddling pool at the weekend.
“The only problem is that it’s Billy’s birthday tomorrow,” noted Kate.
“Oh you’ve got some good weather which is lovely then,” noted Charlotte.
“Well, that’s exactly what I thought,” Kate went on, “it’s absolutely lovely, we’ve got good weather and it’s going to be a paddling pool party.”
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She then added: “The only problem is in the clear-out we’ve thrown away the pool.”
“Oh no,” responded Charlotte.
“I’m not joking,” confirmed Kate.
“If you need anything this weekend it is a pool,” said Alex.
Kate revealed she had then struggled to find a replacement pool as she hoped to utilise a click and collect service.
However, the mum-of-two revealed that the nearest place she could find one was in Falkirk, which she said was 499 miles from her house.
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Kate then sent out what she called a “blatant plea” to anyone with a large paddling pool for the event as they only had a small one for Billy’s party on Saturday.
The presenter then joked that she would pay “quantities of cash” to replace the pool – whether it is from a shop or from a person’s shed.
Kate is the mother of two children: daughter Darcey, 15, and son Billy, who is turning twelve.
She shares her children with her husband Derek Draper who returned home from the hospital in March this year after previously falling seriously ill with Covid-19 in March 2020.
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Kate offered an update on Derek’s condition earlier this month on GMB, revealing on July 9: “He’s alright, he’s alright. He’s very up and down, we’re certainly not a long way out of the woods.”
She went on to explain his return to their home: “Not because he was better, no. But being home has meant we’ve seen some things improved.
“Definitely having the family around, having the children around has provided stimulation and I think the problem is you latch on to the positives, which is good because you have to, but there’s absolutely no doubt that there’s huge challenges ahead.”
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