A RECYCLING firm have revealed a new look for one of their wagons which pays tribute to a local lad.

Deeside-based recycling company Parry & Evans have named one of their wagons 'Giddo,' which is boasted in white and red writing on the side of their recycling vehicle.

The name pays tribute to a much-loved Flint boy, Jordan Giddins, who died in April last year following a battle with a rare form of bone cancer.

Despite receiving a bone marrow transplant from his twin sister Beth in 2011, four years later Giddo was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma when a tennis ball-sized tumour was found on his rib cage.

He spent 150 nights in hospital, received 48 blood transfusions, 10 hours of surgery and spent 10 weeks in America to fight the bone cancer.

To honour Giddo's special memory and selfless nature he showed until the end, his friends and family set up the charity Giddo's Gift, which raises funds to buy equipment – such as laptops and games consoles – as well as trips away for teenagers and young adults suffering from cancer in North West England and North Wales.

Neil Bibby, who works at the company, said the decision to name the truck Giddo was through an online appeal, which asked voters to choose their favourite cause.

Neil said: "We wanted to do something for the company, so we put it on social media. Whatever good cause that got put forward would be selected by voters. I shared it that way, and Giddo's Gift's friends and family picked it up."

Father and son of the company Lee and Steve Evans, who have always named the trucks, took delight in helping a local cause, and put the pegs in place to formally name the truck 'Giddo.'

Neil added: "I'm friends with Mandy and Paul, Giddo's mum and dad, and I used to train Jordan in football from when he was young - the connection has alway been there.

"Jordan joined the junior football team that my son, Thomas, joined when they were eight. Jordan came up with a group of his friends who joined. He always kept involved with football, all the way through his illness."

The truck's new name was also supported by Hayley Brooks, of Parry & Evans, who ran the Budapest Marathon in memory of Jordan and to raise funds for the cause.

Neil concluded: "It's been great that Parry & Evans take the charity