A brave Scots teenager undergoing gruelling treatment for brain cancer was left all smiles after her community threw her a surprise motorbike-themed birthday party. Ellie, 17, from Livingston, West Lothian, was diagnosed with metastatic pineoblastoma - an aggressive brain tumour - in 2018 when she was just 12-years-old.
After extensive treatment and a six-month hospital stay, the schoolgirl’s condition was stable until a scan last year showed new tumours had formed. The teen, who lives at home with her mum Elaine, dad Roy and two big sisters Rachel and Kylie, has now been moved to palliative care as her condition sadly deteriorates.
To celebrate the schoolgirl's 17th birthday, the West Lothian community rallied together to throw a huge surprise party that gave Ellie the chance to be a normal teenager for the day. Speaking to Edinburgh Live, mum Elaine said: "Our Morrisons community champion Fiona Hendry was talking with a customer called Stevie and was telling him about Ellie and making memories.
