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Kristy Dawson

Five-year-old Darlington boy runs 10k in memory of his best friend who died from rare brain tumour

A five-year-old boy has run 10k in memory of his best friend after she died from an inoperable brain tumour.

Little Rowan Lyons lost his classmate Sophie Welburn, five, to a rare but fast-growing brain tumour. She sadly passed away in March this year, just eight and a half months after being diagnosed with cancer.

Sophie was four years old when she was found to have a brain tumour in July 2021. Her parents were told that her prognosis was terminal and she had an estimated life expectancy of just nine months.

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