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A NORTH Cumbrian dad whose fight-back from life-changing disability has become an inspiration to others has set himself a new challenge ­— and he wants local schoolchildren to help him. Former builder Charles Deans, 46, from Wigton, has also battled back to health after a back problem left him paralysed and in a wheelchair. The father-of-two also overcome a dependency on pain-killing opiate medication which medics warned could have killed him. Ever since he had that warning, in May of 2018, Charles has dedicated himself to becoming as strong and as fit as he possibly can. Gradually...

IT was a magical moment... Sitting silently in his wheelchair at the summit of Dodd Fell, Charles Deans gazed at a spectacular Lakeland landscape, the pale winter sunlight illuminating distant peaks as mist filled Bassenthwaite Valley below. The 46-year-old had every right to feel proud. “My wife, Sara, took the photo,” says Charles, from Wigton. “I was just sitting there, enjoying the moment. It was perfect.” In many ways, conquering Dodd Fell on December 30 last year was the perfect metaphor for the past 14 years of this man’s life — a period of relentless struggle aga...