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Specsavers is a great British success story – a family-run retailer that is a familiar name on almost every high street in the UK and Ireland. Its legendary catchphrase – ‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’ – has become part of our vernacular and its warm and witty marketing has won a…

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She had been suffering from excruciating headaches

Emelia Jones had headaches for months that were so severe she struggled to function and would be bedbound whenever they struck, and she had no idea what was wrong until she went to the optician

Chris Norton Walker, from London Colney, Hertfordshire, had some spots in his vision, which he thought "might fix themselves" but a Specsavers optician became worried

Katie Holroyd had an everyday test at Specsavers to see if she needed new glasses but an optician there spotted something far more sinister and ensured Katie had it examined further

Specsavers optician Teresa Hughes noticed an abnormal dark patch at the back of Stuart Greaves's eye that turned out to be early-stage cancer, and he was referred to hospital