A university student who started to lose his hearing was diagnosed with brain cancer. 24-year-old Ned Hilton was studying for his languages degree and was told he had grade 4 medulloblastoma in his second year.
He underwent a gruelling 22 hours of surgery followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment. He was forved to put his studies on hold for his cancer treatments and operations.
Ned said: "At first I was intrigued and carried on enjoying being a student but as I found out more about what a high-grade tumour meant my concern grew and everything became more real." Just last week his submitted his final assignments, and also recently jumped from 10,000ft to raise £1,900 for Brain Tumour Research.