A young girl who was given just 12 months to live has died as her heartbroken family pay tribute to their "brave warrior".
On the day of her third birthday last year, Aria Hodgkiss, from Wrexham in North Wales, was diagnosed with an aggressive tumour, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). The ECHO previously reported that her parents had the heartbreaking news told to them by doctors treating her at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
Her parents, Melanie and Carl, were told their daughter may not live beyond her fourth birthday as they said it "felt like the end of the world". Aria died yesterday, December 1, NorthWalesLive reports.