Article: Tumour won't spoil this birthday party; Exclusive SCOTS MUM LAURA SMITH WAS GIVEN NEWS THAT SHOOK HER TO THE CORE TWO DAYS BEFORE HER 21st BIRTHDAY - SHE HAD AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF CANCER AND MAY ONLY HAVE SIX MONTHS TO LIVE. BUT ONE YEAR ON LAURA IS SMILING AGAIN BECAUSE HER CANCER IS IN REMISSION AND SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.(Features)

Byline: By Catherine Martin

TURNING 21 is a landmark birthday that is usually celebrated with a big party with friends and family bearing gifts.

But for Laura Smith it marked the beginning of a fight for survival.

Laura was forced to cancel birthday celebrations in May last year when just two days before her big day, doctors revealed she had a tumour the size of a tennis ball growing in her brain.

The pretty hairdresser was told she was suffering from a particularly aggressive form of cancer and would be unlikely to survive for more than ...

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