Brave dad’s cancer battle charity party

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jan 2012, 10:26 BST
A DAD who has been diagnosed with cancer has decided to get his family and friends together for a huge party to have some fun before he starts a gruelling course of chemotherapy.

James Walton, 33, from Liversedge, had surgery to remove a tumour 18 months ago – but last week he was told the cancer had returned.

He was told he would be given chemotherapy every three weeks to help manage the condition – and he decided he wanted to have a party before starting treatment.

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His cousin Zoe Wilson took charge of organising it, and within 48 hours had secured Audio nightclub in Batley for free, a list of DJs and dozens of people on hand to help out.

Zoe said: “We have been absolutely overwhelmed, and really heartened, by how the community has rallied round, just in the week since we found out what his prognosis was.