A brave teenage boy who died with his mum by his side has sparked an outpouring of grief across Merseyside.
Kyle Smith, from Litherland, was just 19 when he died at Claire House Hospice on February 23 following his battle with Ewing Sarcoma - a cancer which mainly affects children and young adults. Kyle previously told the ECHO he started having trouble going to the toilet and experienced cramp like symptoms.
The keen basketball player went back to his GP who performed a physical examination, but couldn't find anything that could be causing the pain. When Kyle woke up with painful cramps a few days later he went to hospital and further tests showed a 15cm by 15cm cancerous tumour in his abdomen and he was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma.
