Pensioner is finally free to leave her home

A disabled woman who had been trapped in her fourth-floor flat in Cheltenham since January because of a broken down lift today - finally - received some good news.

Jillian Tew, who had her leg amputated last year, has effectively been a prisoner in her own home.

Work began in January to upgrade the lift, but it has taken longer than the couple of weeks it was supposed to.

But today, when ITV West Country went to cover the story, the housing association contractors fixed the problem.