FRIENDS and family rallied together in support of a Bolton schoolboy fighting his third battle against cancer.

Kyle Buckley, from Deane, spent two years undergoing intense chemotherapy in order to overcome rhabdomyosarcoma and now after his third diagnosis his family are determined to fight the deadly disease.

Family and friends turned out at Morrisons in Mornington Road, Bolton, in support of the youngster to help raise cash towards possible treatments in London or America.

Just three months after being given the official all clear from the doctors, the 11-year-old and his family were told the cancer had returned.

In March, a routine MRI scan revealed two tumours on Kyle's lymph nodes at the bottom of his spine.

The St Bede’s Primary School pupil now is now undergoing another course of chemotherapy but, due to the 'aggressive' nature of the cancer, consultants have warned that there may be no cure and have advised seeking help through medical trials.

Carol's colleagues at Morrisons held an all-day fundraiser which included baths of beans, male colleagues braving a leg wax, a cake sale and raffle to help raise funds for Kyle should he be accepted onto the medical trials which could mean him travelling to London or the USA in search of a cure for his cancer.

Fellow pupils from St Bede’s took to the tills to bag pack while dressed as superheroes.

Mum Carol said: "Kyle is a fighter, he has dealt with it all really well. He's so strong and never moans at all, which is what he has been like all the way through. He just gets on with it. He doesn’t know the extent of it but we’re keeping our hopes up and are waiting for results back from The Royal Marsden in London to find out whether he’s been accepted on the trial down there.

“I can’t thank everyone enough for all the support they’ve given us and the amount of effort people have put into fundraising and holding charity nights.”

Kyle was first diagnosed with cancer at the age of eight after a lump was found on his wrist and under his arm.

It was an aggressive form of tissue cancer — rhabdomyosarcoma — and for two years he underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy to fight it off, losing his hair in the process.

He was also left severely deaf as a result of an allergic reaction to one of the drugs he was treated with and now wears two hearing aids. Kyle has now started a fresh course of chemotherapy.