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"Red flags" helped mum spot signs of son's brain tumour
Manx Newscast
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 - 20 minutes
A mum on the Isle of Man has been speaking out about the symptoms her five-year-old son displayed before he was diagnosed with a rare form of brain tumour.
In 2024, five-year-old Hector started began waking in the night with headaches and, during the day, his food began to taste strange.
Having been air-ambulanced from the Isle of Man to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, he later underwent a six-week course of proton beam therapy at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
In this edition of Newscast, Hector's mum, Rebekah Dalrymple, explains to Lewis Foster what the last 18 months have been like for them as a family - and why she will run the Manchester Marathon this weekend (19 April) in support of The Christie.
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