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Girl battling rare cancer switches on Christmas lights
The Journal
|December 03, 2025
A BRAVE five-year-old from Consett with a rare form of cancer has switched on the Christmas lights at County Hall in Durham city. Durham County Council extended an invite to Bonnie-Leigh Spence and her family, asking her to light up their special Christmas tree.
> Coun Jackie Teasdale, left, with Bonnie and her family
Bonnie was diagnosed with rare soft tissue cancer rhabdoid sarcoma shortly after turning five last December, and her family were told it had spread to her lungs and is terminal. She has since undergone several gruelling rounds of chemotherapy, as well as having major surgery to amputate her left arm from above the elbow.
This story is from the December 03, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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