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Bradley Lowery: South Yorkshire Police and Sheffield Wednesday launch investigation after football fans are caught on camera mocking the memory of six-year-old who died from rare cancer in 2017

Laughing football yobs have been caught on camera mocking the memory of Bradley Lowery at the club where the brave six-year-old was a mascot before he tragically lost his battle to a rare cancer.

Bradley died at the age of six in 2017, after the young Sunderland fan was diagnosed with rare cancer neuroblastoma when he was just 18 months old.

His story touched many hearts across the world. And during his brave battle, he was even a special guest of BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 2016.

South Yorkshire Police have since launched an investigation into the two yobs, who at Sheffield Wednesday's ground held up an image of young Bradley during a meeting between the two teams.