UK News - March 19, 2009
Daily Mirror 19/03/2009 Daily Mirror ..Author: MELISSA THOMPSON Page: 16,17 ...83st family's too fat to work and too busy watching TV to diet..Couch potato clan defend their£ 22k benefits payout EXCLUSIVE..BY MELISSA THOMPSON melissa. thompson@ mirror. co. uk..Photo captions: SLIM Young girls& Chris; FLOP STAR Emma fails to impress at X Factor audition....SQUASHED together on the sofa, scoffing crisps and swilling fizzy pop as they sit goggle-eyed in front of the telly... it looks like a scene from The Royle Family.....But this isn't TV, it's real life. Meet the Chawner clan, who say they're too fat to work but too busy to go on a diet.....MOTHER AUDREY CHAWNER - AGE 57 WEIGHT 24stone JOB Was a stablegirl in 80s until developing asthma....THE FATHER PHILIP CHAWNER - AGE 53 WEIGHT 24stone JOBWas HGV driver until he got diabetes in 1996....YOUNGER DAUGHTER EMMA CHAWNER - AGE 19 WEIGHT 17stone JOB Had an X Factor audition; is a trained hairdresser....ELDER DAUGHTER SAMANTHA CHAWNER- AGE 21 WEIGHT 18stone JOB Is a trained hairdresser, applies for 30 posts a week
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