Family of 4-year-old cancer survivor celebrates her first day of school

A girl from Somerset has celebrated her first day of school - 4 years after surviving a brain tumour.

4-year-old Lyra Cole from Highbridge had an 11-hour operation to remove the growth which was the size of an orange.

4 years on from her diagnosis, Lyra's parents say it is a wonderful experience to see her go to school for the first time.

Fewer than one in five children under five diagnosed with brain tumours survive.

Lyra's parents say she was diagnosed just in time.

Doctors had initially thought she had a virus.

Lyra's parents are supporting charity Brain Tumour Research.

The charity says funding must be reallocated if stories like Lyra's are to happen more regularly.