This is Will Roberts tucking into his 18th birthday cake.

He is recovering in a London hospital after being left in a coma when he was hit by a car eight weeks ago.

Mum Michelle, her husband John, and his brothers and sisters were there to celebrate his special day.

Will - know as Big Will - remembers the accident, which happened in Dover, and left him with serious head injuries, but he cannot recall some things he says hour to hour and faces years of neuro-rehabilitation.

The former Canterbury High School pupil, of Querns Road in the city, has already started occupational and speech therapy.

Michelle said: "It was a lovely day and he loved his presents. He’d asked for a little angel cake and a new Man Utd kit for his 18th birthday."

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