A mother who is dying of cancer was set for an emotional reunion with her son today - thanks to the Telegraph & Argus.

Teresa Kinsey, 56, who has been told by doctors she may have just weeks to live after being diagnosed with lung cancer, made a desperate plea through the T&A yesterday for her son to get in touch before it is too late.

The mother-of-eight, who lives in St Helens, Merseyside, had not spoken to 37-year-old David Costello for almost three years after losing touch.

But now the pair have spoken on the phone and David, of Coronation Way, Braithwaite, Keighley, is planning to visit his sick mum with his wife Winifred and three children David, seven, Claire, five, and Thomas, two.

It will be the first time Mrs Kinsey will have met her grandson Thomas.

Mrs Kinsey, said: "I am over the moon, just thrilled to bits. I can't thank the Telegraph & Argus enough for bringing us together again.

"We had a good chat. Obviously he was very upset to learn about my illness. He was trying not to cry and I was fighting back the tears.

"It was difficult to speak to him about it over the phone, but when I see him face to face it won't be as bad."

Mrs Kinsey, who was diagnosed with cancer in September, said she is thrilled to hear she has a two-year-old grandson whom she has never met. "It is wonderful news," she said. "I am looking forward to seeing him."

David, who works as a labourer for Wells Spiral Tubes in Keighley, contacted the T&A after seeing the article published yesterday. "I am a bit distraught," he said. "I have spoken to my mother and I cried a bit, but she was happy to hear from me. I left work straightaway and came home because it was such a shock."

He said he had lost track of how long it had been since he had spoken to her. "I have been meaning to go to see her in the last couple of years, but things have stopped me," he said.

Mrs Kinsey had searched records at Bradford Central Library and City Hall in an attempt to find her son, but had drawn a blank.