Grandparents Barbara, 71, and Clive Walshaw, 73, surprised their three grandsons by wearing a polar bear suit so they could hug for the first time since March. See SWNS story SWLEhug; Grandparents who hadn’t hugged their grandsons since March due to Covid shared a loving embrace on Christmas Day - after surprising them in inflatable polar bear costumes. Barbara, 71, and Clive Walshaw, 73, said the heartwarming hug was the “best six minutes” they had all year as they got to hold their three grandkids for the first time since March 1. The couple have been shielding for nine months and haven’t been able to hug the three boys Quinn, six, Morgan, eight, and Mackenzie, 14 in all that time. Barbara said it was heartbreaking for the children when they were told they couldn’t nip round to see them and wanted to do something special for them for Christmas. They had originally planned to spend Christmas “together” on a Zoom call with a laptop at the end of the dinner table. Barbara, from Bramley, in Leeds, West Yorks., said: “At first they couldn’t understand why they couldn’t come round and it was so heartbreaking.