Jake’s mother thought his stuffy nose was hay fever… in fact it was stage three cancer. Here, she reveals some of his heartbreaking last words before he died

When Lynsey Swinscoe noticed her 13-year-old son Jake had a stuffy nose in June last year, there could be only one explanation. ‘I figured it must be hay fever,’ says Lynsey, 41, from Wiltshire. When Lynsey Swinscoe noticed her 13-year-old son Jake had a stuffy nose in June last year, there could be only one explanation. ‘I figured it must be hay fever,’ says Lynsey, 41, from Wiltshire.