25 h. ago Girl, six, dies from brain tumour after symptoms were dismissed as 'lazy eye'

Heartbroken mum Elysee Cook, 30, from Leeds, is warning parents of the symptoms of a rare brain tumour, hoping other families can get an earlier diagnosis than her daughter Octavia

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26 h. ago Young girl died after brain tumour dismissed by doctor as 'lazy eye'

Octavia Cook, who was born premature at 29 weeks, was just three-years-old when her mum noticed her eyes were beginning to drift.

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2 d. ago Boy, 6, dies after blurry vision turned out to a brain tumour... optician dismissed symptoms

A young boy died just months after doctors initially dismissed his brain tumour as term-time tiredness and exhaustion from after school clubs.

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3 d. ago Mum diagnosed with brain tumour after dismissing symptom for 20 years

Nikita Sterling was diagnosed with a ‘large’ meningioma, which doctors suspect ‘could have been growing for 20 years’

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5 d. ago Warning after mum’s brain tumour symptoms dismissed as migraines

Nikita Sterling was diagnosed with a ‘large’ meningioma, which doctors suspect ‘could have been growing for 20 years’

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3 w. ago Mum's devastating brain tumour diagnosis after dismissing major symptom

Susan Rowlett, from Dorking, Surrey, experienced leg pain and weakness for more than 10 months - and was rocked when she was diagnosed with a meningioma, a brain tumour

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