The family of a brave teenager who battled cancer for the last three years have been left heartbroken after he lost his fight with the disease.
Dylan Reid was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in November 2020 shortly after moving from Newcastle to Dovecot. The teen was set to start his first day of school in the city but after fears a dark, purple rash covering his chest, arms and legs was potentially deadly meningitis, mum Kelly Ann Moore rushed her 12-year-old son to nearby Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
Kelly Ann previously told the ECHO how she "broke down crying" when the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) was confirmed. According to the NHS, the disease is an aggressive and fast growing cancer diagnosed in roughly 790 people in the UK each year.
