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Remy Greasley & Alice Peacock

Boy given heartbreaking cancer diagnosis on sixth birthday after mum noticed 'two lumps'

A mum has spoken of her world being "broken in half" after she was delivered the devastating news that her son had a rare cancer - on his sixth birthday.

Mum Alexandra Jones, 29, from Huyton, noticed "two lumps" on her "little superhero" Leighton's head in April this year, leading her to take the youngster to a walk-in treatment centre.

However, the two times she took him for examination, she was told that Leighton was fine and that there was nothing to worry about.

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