Mother-to-be who delayed life-saving cancer treatment to make sure she had a healthy baby dies just eight months after giving birth

Nicola Cockx, 35, from Little Bollington, Cheshire, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma - a form of bone marrow cancer which affects plasma cells - in 2008. As she was desperate to have a family, she delayed chemotherapy and instead chose holistic treatment. She was in remission by the time she fell pregnant in 2011. However, after the birth of her daughter, Harriet, the new mother was told her condition had worsened. She had emergency chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant - but tragically, died eight months after Harriet was born. Today, her family paid tribute to the 'inspirational' and 'intelligent' businesswoman.