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Iona Young

West Lothian community rally to give teen with cancer dream 17th birthday party

A West Lothian teen undergoing gruelling chemo for aggressive cancer was blown away after her local community threw her a surprise birthday party with motorbike parade.

Ellie, 17, lives at home with her mum, dad Roy and two big sisters Rachel and Kylie in Livingston. She was diagnosed with metastatic pineoblastoma, an aggressive brain tumour, at 12.

Treatment was going well for the schoolgirl and after a six-month hospital stay and stable until a scan last year showed new tumours.

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