Two-year hiccups caused by brain tumour

A singer who has suffered a two-and-a-half-year bout of hiccups, has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Docs in Japan - who did an MRI scan - now think the 12mm tumour on Christopher Sands' brain stem is what has been causing his hiccups.

He is now waiting to see his GP about treatment but has been told it is  practically inoperable.

Chris Sands has spent the last two years hiccuping up to once every two seconds, and has been unable to work or perform with his band.

He turned to doctors after trying over 100 different "cures" with no success, and was flown out to Japan to see the doctor who spotted the tumour, as part of a TV show about his illness.