- Reality TV personality Chloe Lewis is campaigning for mandatory protective gloves for children ice skating after her six-year-old son, Beau, lost part of his finger in an accident.
- Beau suffered the severe injury on New Year's Eve, and despite surgery, the tip of his finger could not be reattached.
- Lewis shared her distressing experience on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, expressing her desire to prevent other parents and children from enduring similar incidents.
- Her petition, advocating for the UK Government to mandate protective gloves, has garnered over 24,000 signatures, requiring an official government response.
- Following the incident, Planet Ice Rink announced that protective gloves would become compulsory for children under 12 at their venues from 1 June.
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