Tears at dying Doncaster boy's best man speech at his dad's wedding

Lewis, aged 13, is living on borrowed time because he suffers from a condition which means doctors did not expect him to live beyond the age of 12.

But when dad James announced he was marrying fiance Emma, there was only one person he wanted to be his best man - Lewis. His step sister, Poppy, was bridesmaid

The couple are having a legal ceremony next year in Portugal - but they have just held a special pre-ceremony with Lewis at the home in Bessacarr he shares with his mum Samantha Tolmie.

James and ex-wife Samantha split in 2008, when Lewis, who suffers from a recently discovered variant of the terminal illness Batten Disease, was four.

But the couple remained friends and Samantha regards Emma and her daughter as part of the family.

Although he is unable to speak because of this illness, Lewis 'delivered' speech with a little help from his mum, who had arranged a computer voice simulator to read a pre-written speech.

The computer program was designed to deliver a speech using the Yorkshire accent of a boy aged 10.

And there was not a dry eye in the garden as Lewis' speech was made.

Proud mum Samantha said: "It was brilliant. The speech had the effect we thought it may, and I think it is fair to say everyone cried.

"I wrote it on behalf of Lewis and it was played over the speakers in the garden. I listened to it 100 times and each time I cried me eyes out."