A Northumberland teenager who was celebrating seven years cancer free at a Harry Styles gig was blown away by the reaction from the crowd.
Ruby Hall, 14, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2015 and underwent treatment at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle before ringing the end of treatment bell on May 26, 2016.
The Harry Styles fan had tickets for the former One Direction star's Edinburgh concert at Murray Field, and as the date coincided with the anniversary they decided to celebrate.
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Ruby, from Ashington, and her family brought a banner to the concert with the hope of getting a shout out from the musician but when that didn't happen the teen was given an even bigger cheer from the crowd.
Mum Liniz Hall, who was the gig, along with twin sister, Mollie, and a family friend, said: "It just showed the emotion of everybody and it was just amazing that people actually care about people that don't know.
"I think a couple of 100 people just started chanting Ruby.
"Ruby loves Harry, but her twin sister Mollie is absolutely obsessed. We went to Glasgow last year to see him as well.
"It was my idea to make the banner though. I'm an emotional mammy, it was a big day for me."
"The kids said no one would care and it wasn't important, but I thought if we could get a thumbs up from Harry Styles that would just make everything perfect."
Linzi cracked on with making the banner, deciding if she didn't try they would never know. Sadly, they were too far away from the stage for Harry to spot their sign.
Linzi continued: "It was just amazing the reaction from the crowd regardless. The first time it happened, I hadn't even realised but they did a 'put your banners in the air' moment.
"People who were standing had turned round and saw our banner, and started chanting Ruby. Harry started speaking again so they turned back round, and I thought that was the end of it.
"Then the people behind us asked to see the banner, and then everyone erupted again. Next, this girl Laura asked if she could take Ruby to the front crowd surfing."
Ruby went off to attempt to get to the front, getting so far before she was told they couldn't go any further. This prompted more reactions through the crowd as others noticed her banner.
Linzi told us: "At the end, we put the banner up on the way out and more people started chanting her name. She was getting high fives and cuddles.
"We're blown away by people's kindness. We were too far away for Harry, but when she started going through the crowd I did think it was going to happen. It was just absolutely amazing."
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