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.