A child who won the hearts of neighbours after he battled to overcome a potentially-fatal brain tumour has died, just days before Christmas.

Glen Kennedy, six, died on Wednesday at Derian House Children's Hospice in Chorley with his parents at his bedside.

The courageous youngster, of Nutter Street, Accrington, spent last Christmas in hospital in Manchester fighting for his life after developing a brain tumour.

He suffered several fits before being rushed in to hospital and his parents were told he had just days to live.

But against all odds, Glen battled back from the brink and gave his parents the first sign he was going to survive when, wired up to hospital machines, he twitched his toe -- giving mum, Diane and dad Gary a glimmer of hope.

After undergoing intensive chemotherapy and an operation on his brain, Glen was allowed home where he continued chemotherapy treatments.

Throughout the time, the best doctors could offer his parents in way of long-term hope was that he had a 40 per cent chance of survival.

Amazing doctors with his recovery, Glen took part in a charity walk along along the final phase of the M60 shortly before it opened.

He was then featured in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph when he returned to his school, St Mary Magdelen's in Accrington, just under a year after he was sent home after he had started wheezing in class.

His parents are still at Derian House in Chorley, where they are living in an private area.

The school is planning a memorial service in the New Year.