Viral infection caused her seizures

FOR seven months, Kate Weston was on a life-support machine after she was struck down by a mysterious brain illness while on holiday.

Now the 26-year-old is coming home for Christmas with her devoted family - and their remarkable story is to feature in a television documentary.

The former Aldworth Science College and BCOT pupil will appear in The Brain Hospital, a three-part BBC series about life at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, one of the world's leading brain hospitals.

Miss Weston, who still struggles to speak, told The Gazette that she had found watching the BBC's programme difficult, as she did not remember anything.

She said: "I am looking forward to Christmas and hoping to regain my independence."

Miss Weston was treated at the hospital after becoming ill on a Spanish holiday in August 2005, while working as a nanny.