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Catherine Furze

Brave Consett boy, 7, rings bell to end cancer treatment after 'year of hell'

A County Durham family have vowed to make every second count after 'a year of hell' fighting a devastating cancer diagnosis.

Mum Leanne Murray, 42, told of the moment her life stood still when her seven-year-old son, Seth Murray-Heighway, was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year and her family's joy when the little lad finally got to ring the bell at Newcastle's RVI to signal he had come to the end of his treatment last month.

Seth, who lives with Leanne, dad Christopher, 44, and big brother Matthew, 14, in The Grove, Consett, has been through a gruelling year of biopsies, brain surgery and chemotherapy and the whole family is keen to put the past year behind them and enjoy every minute of the future.

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