TREASURED memories were made yesterday as an RAF Afghanistan veteran given just a few months to live renewed his wedding vows.

Earlier this month 35-year-old Anthony Hard was told by doctors he has between three and six months to live after it was discovered the brain tumour he had been fighting had spread.

Corporal Hard first underwent surgery to remove a golf ball-sized tumour in April 2012, and then did so again in February 2013 when the disease returned. But he received more bad news recently.

Yesterday was described as an “emotional day” for the Royal Air Force aircraft engineer and his wife Nahella as they uttered their vows for a second time - 13 years after their original wedding.

The wedding, at Peterstone Lakes Golf Club in Wentlooge - where the original reception was held - was organised by three friends of the couple following a £6,000 fundraising campaign.

Abby Thompson, along with Hannah Matthews and Scarlet Thomas-Perry, said despite the high emotions on the day, the couple were both “really excited”.

Ms Thompson said: “It’s been hard work but it’s amazing. It’s been really fun. It’s a very emotional day.”

Some of the £6,000 raised has been used for the wedding but the family are also using part of it to pay a holiday with their children, Reagan and Casey.

Ms Thompson said: “Anthony has found out he can go on holiday so it’s going towards that. The destination is a secret at the moment though”.

Anthony and wife Nahella were followed down the aisle by their two bridesmaids, daughter Reagan and Anthony’s sister Alia, as well as their son Casey, as page boy.

Just 30 family and friends were invited to the ceremony with a total of 140 attending in the evening.

Anthony first found out he had a brain tumour while he was stationed in Afghanistan in 2011.

It is the second fundraising campaign which has been set up to raise money for the family, after one for their four-year-old son Casey was created in 2013. Casey suffers from severe epilepsy, cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia after being starved of oxygen at birth.

Since that campaign, Casey's Cause, the family has been able to buy a range of specialised equipment for him, including a hot tub for hydrotherapy and a harness that allowed him to walk for the first time.

To donate to the Hard family go to www.gofundme.com/8g8r5tqn2t