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Abigail Nicholson & Katie Weston

Brave football fan, 6, dies surrounded by family as mum issues heartbreaking promise

A mum has shared a heartbreaking tribute to her young son after he died surrounded by family following a battle with cancer.

Jayden Lamerton, from Plymouth, was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma - a rare type of brain tumour - in January this year.

The six-year-old, who has "always supported Liverpool", was given up to a year to live.

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