Tributes have flooded in for a dad who died days after celebrating his 40th birthday with his family.
Darren Mason's family had a history of bowel cancer and he and his siblings were tested for the Familial Adenomatous Polyposis gene (FAP) which means genetic mutations can occur spontaneously. When Darren, from Earlestown, was younger it was confirmed he had the gene.
It meant the dad-of-one had to have regular check-ups and also had bowel surgery to remove a growth. But just before Christmas last year Darren went into hospital for pains in his leg, and was later diagnosed with bowel cancer.
