One Burnopfield lad will always remember his seventh birthday for the wrong reasons - it marks the day he was diagnosed with a rare from of cancer.
Adam Bannister was in hospital as he turned seven this February. He had been feeling poorly since Christmastime, but it had taken until the second month of the year for doctors to realise the issue: that he had a Wilms' tumour growing on his kidney.
After a "rollercoaster" seven months, he's hopefully on the mend - and parents Graham and Sarah have spoken about the family's ordeal. Adam is a patient at the Great North Children's Hospital and he - and little brother Logan - have been supported by the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation 's Gareth Williams. Gareth works to keep young cancer patients and their families active throughout a harrowing time.
