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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

'Our teen blacked out at home - the reason changed our family forever'

It was a cold day in December when Mark Tindale’s phone began to ring. It was a call from an unknown number. When he answered, he was met by a voice he didn’t recognise.

On the other end was a doctor from Sheffield Children’s Hospital regarding his son Jake. The news Mark was about to hear was so awful that Jake’s mum Katie was unable to tell him herself.

“She said she was so sorry, but Jake has a brain tumour,” Mark, from Bury , said. “Those words and that moment will remain with me forever.

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