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Daily Mirror
Sophie Brownson & Alex Croft

'Twinkle' spotted in the eye of baby boy turns out to be something serious

A mum has told how she spotted a “twinkle” in the eye of her 10-month-old son which turned out to be a rare form of cancer.

Danielle Scott, from South Shields, saw in a photo the strange white flash in the eye of Jacob Tulley and realised that it had to be checked out.

It was later discovered that Jacob had retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer which mostly affects children under the age of three.

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