Brave toddler son of former Blackburn Rovers footballer given devastating diagnosis

The family of a three-year-old boy have been given the tragic news that his cancer has spread. Rio Spurr's parents, Tommy and Chloe, were told he had cancer in April.

Further tests uncovered that he has a rare type of kidney cancer known as Wilms tumour, that only around 80 children are diagnosed with in the UK each year. The family, from the Ribble Valley, were told that Rio had stage four cancer - and sadly a large tumour on his right kidney had spread to his lungs, with a tumour on each.

Chloe's cousin, Orla told LancsLive : "It's just been so hard for Chloe, a year before his diagnosis she lost her sister. When they found out about Rio it was the anniversary of her death as well. They wanted to keep it quiet at first and not make it such a big deal and were quite reluctant to fundraise too.

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"However, both of them aren't working anymore and they nearly had to sell their house. Tommy was a footballer but got injured and went to teach but has left that post now and Chloe was self-employed so it's been really hard for them. They also have nursery to pay for with their other child, Rudy who is 18 months old and they stay in Manchester a lot for Rio.

"Rudy misses his mum a lot and vice versa, so they benefit with family helping them out by bringing Rudy to nursery and supporting them where we can." Since April, Rio has been receiving chemotherapy treatment at Manchester Children's Hospital and underwent a four hour surgery to remove the main tumour as well as his right kidney.

However, the nightmare continued for Chloe and Tommy, who has played for Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End, as the