Mum's heartbreak as baby boy left fighting for life with 6cm brain tumour

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A mum has spoken of her whirlwind nightmare after doctors asked her a simple question about her baby boy - which led to him being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Jess Shears was asked by medics if her son's head had "always been big", which prompted them to send the youngster for an initial scan in October last year, Teesside Live reports.

Heartbreakingly, the CT revealed baby Albie Shears had a 6cm tumour in his brain, with him and his parents rushed to Newcastle Royal Infirmary by ambulance less than an hour after the shock diagnosis.

The 31-year-old mum, of Middleton St George, Darlington, said: "There's a family history of bowel conditions so when he became very poorly, that's what we thought would be the cause.