Awards at London ceremony; Special mums win an accolade for parenting skills.Byline: Petra Mann TWO North West mothers were honoured yesterday at a prestigious awards ceremony in London. Pat Mills Pat Mills, nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics'[1], is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. ,from Liverpool,clinched the North West's Single Mum of the Year, whileDebbieWhyatt,from Cheshire, was jointly crowned Single Mum of The Year. Both women were praised for their parenting skills at the event organised by a national women's magazine at thecapital's Savoy Hotel. Widow Pat,49, from Bootle, raised her family alone after her husband and childhood sweetheart, Phil,died of a heart attack at theageof 33. Pat met her late husband on the day they both started infant school infant school n. Chiefly British A kindergarten. infant school Noun (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 5 and 7 Noun 1. , mar-ried at 18 and went on to have three children,Christopher,Donna and Laura. Last April,Laura,16, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, caught pneumonia pneumonia (n  mōn`yə), acute infection of one or both lungs that can be caused by a bacterium, usually Streptococcus pneumoniae and almost died.
Debbie Whyatt,42,from Knutsford, who brought up five children alone,including girl quadruplets, was jointly crowed Single Mum of The Year with a woman from Yorkshire . Debbie's relationship broke up when she was 20 weeks pregnant. The couple already had a six year old son,Daniel. CAPTION(S): SPECIAL MUM: Pat Mills with her daughter,Laura |
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