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And in Virginia, Abigail Spanberger clinched the governor’s mansion on a campaign that named affordable child care and paid family and medical leave as essential to helping families make ends meet.

Daughter, Abigail Phillips is 25 weeks pregnant and unable to fly - "I just want to hug my mum," she said.

Abigail's older brother Antony, 39 has been at his mum's side in Barbados for the last two weeks.

Despite this progress, Abigail said her mum was still "temporarily paralysed and on heavy sedative medication... she's not very compos-mentis," Abigail said.

"She will need a three-stop air ambulance," Abigail said.