Sarah Shaddick has put her Christmas tree up and started wrapping presents for her baby daughter Halle, excited about their first festive season together, despite the new mum living under the shadow of incurable cancer.
Just weeks before last Christmas, Ms Shaddick was 23 weeks pregnant and looking forward to fulfilling her dream of becoming a first-time parent with partner Luke Hill, when doctors delivered devastating news.
Scans found a rare cancer, known as leiomyosarcoma — which typically begins in the smooth muscle tissue of the body — had spread to both her lungs.
