PENSIONER Selina Offord received a surprise extra helping when Southampton's Meals on Wheels service arrived with her lunch.

For helping deliver the tasty lamb casserole dish to the 97-year-old's home in Station Road, Sholing, was health minister John Denham.

The Southampton Itchen MP offered an extra pair of hands to the Social Services run scheme which provides 4,500 hot meals each week to elderly residents across the city.

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