A brave teen who was diagnosed with leukaemia at just 10 years old has beaten cancer after a five-year battle.

Aimee Robinson, from Barrow, was first diagnosed with acute leukaemia in January 2016.

Following aggressive chemotherapy, Aimee relapsed in September 2016 – and her only option was a chord blood transplant to try and save her life.

Although the transplant worked, Aimee later developed graft versus host disease – which is when particular types of white blood cell in the donated bone marrow or stem cells attack a body's own cells.

After a tumultuous five years, the now 15-year-old attended a routine hospital check-up last week and was delivered the fantastic news she had always been waiting for.

She said: "It's amazing. Over the past five years, I've definitely learned to grow as a person and learnt to get on with my life.

"It's a bit worrying that I won't have my comfort blanket of annual check-ups anymore but the doctor said I had smashed it and done really well.

"I feel like this door has closed and another one has opened."

Her mum, Joanne Robinson, said it was the 'best feeling ever' after a long five years.

"Every appointment has been so positive, she's done really well," Mrs Robinson said.

"The doctor said he was 100 per cent confident Aimee would stay in remission and the chord transplant was doing its job.

"It's the best feeling ever – it's been such a long journey and we've finally seen light at the end of the tunnel.

"Aimee has been mine and her dad's strength throughout the past five years.

"And now she's able to live a completely normal life."

Mrs Robinson said at one point the family feared Aimee would not ever recover after they were told the chemotherapy had failed.

She said: "The lowest point was when the family was told Aimee's chemotherapy hadn't worked.

"The only option for Aimee was to have a chord blood transport to save her life – we didn't know if it would work or not.

"It didn't come without problems – her body was fighting the transplant, it was quite horrendous.

"But it did save her life. It was from an anonymous Australian donor which was flown in who we'll never be able to thank for saving Aimee's life."

Aimee said she watched friends pass away on hospital wards and feared this would happen to her.

"Going through cancer at such a young age was really hard – I couldn't see my friends which made me feel quite isolated," she said.

"I saw some friends on the ward pass away and I thought that could happen to me.

"The chord transplant was my only hope really and it worked.

"It's definitely going to stay in the back of my mind for the rest of my life – I'm always going to be scared that it might return.

"But Professor Rob said I had smashed it and was confident it wouldn't come back."

Aimee is now in Year 10 studying at Furness Academy where she is preparing to take her GCSEs.

She is considering a career in construction or support work to help other families who have been struck with cancer.