A marathon runner has told how he was diagnosed with two brain tumours - one being the size of a tennis ball - after mistaking his symptoms for a hangover.

George Wade, 42, started experiencing symptoms after enjoying a boozy day at the Cheltenham races, in Gloucestershire, with friends in March last year.

But on the drive home back to Thirsk, North Yorks., he began to suffer a severe headache, memory loss, and also said he "felt sick" when looking at cars' headlights.

George - who had run 20 marathons over the past 15 years - experienced symptoms that passed until a month later, in April, he suffered what he thought was a stroke when the left side of his body became weak and his face began drooping.

Following a number of tests which came back all clear, his brother-in-law, Dr Caspar W

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