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EastEnders to work with cancer charities to tackle new brain tumour storyline

EastEnders has announced the show is working alongside Brain Tumour Research and Macmillan Cancer Support to tackle an emotional brain tumour storyline featuring Lola Pearce. The storyline will follow Lola, played by Danielle Harold, as she and her ...

05 Oct 2022 at 22:00

New treatment may extend the lives of brain tumour patients

Scientists have discovered a new treatment regime that could potentially extend the lives of people with the deadliest type of brain tumour. A research breakthrough by a team at Imperial College London uses a drug to deplete the amino acid ...

02 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Derry News

Derry family and friends to run marathon in memory of late teacher who passed aged 35 from brain tumour

Family and friends of a local schoolteacher who lost her life to a brain tumour last year have been keeping her memory alive and raising awareness of the disease by taking up running together. ‘Team Nicola’ was formed by Nicola Robinson’s ...

24 Aug 2022 at 18:33

Home

Derry family and friends raise £38,000 in memory of late teacher who passed aged 35 from brain tumour

Family and friends of a local school teacher who lost her life to a brain tumour last year have been keeping her memory alive and raising awareness of the disease by fundraising together. Last week, alongside Brain Tumour Research, they ...

11 Nov 2022 at 17:33

Grieving families demand increased investment and research for brain cancer

Grieving families and patients have demanded that ministers do more to tackle the burden of brain tumours. Campaigners have handed in petition signed by more than 80,000 people to Downing Street calling for more investment and research ...

31 Jan 2024 at 15:27

Home

Derry father who lost wife to brain tumour to run London Marathon in her memory

Alan Robinson’s wife Nicola, a mum-of-two and a teacher at Derry's Fountain Primary School, was diagnosed in 2018 with a diffuse astrocytoma brain tumour after suffering for a couple of weeks with headaches and dizzy spells. Nicola ...

25 Jan 2023 at 16:33

Fruit flies could help scientists stop the growth of brain tumours

Scientists believe fruit flies could help them stop the growth of brain tumours. Experts at the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the University of Plymouth have been able to identify and examine cells at the very ...

12 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Government yet to give out majority of funding pledged in honour of Tessa Jowell

More than half of the money the Government pledged to fund brain cancer research in honour of Dame Tessa Jowell is yet to be “deployed”, a charity has said. Dame Tessa, a former Labour cabinet minister, dedicated the final ...

19 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Soaps

EastEnders star discusses ‘massive responsibility’ of portraying cancer storyline

EastEnders actress Danielle Harold has said portraying her character’s brain tumour diagnosis and subsequent cancer treatment storyline has been a “massive responsibility”. The BBC One soap recently saw Lola Pearce, ...

02 Nov 2022 at 22:53

Family

Couple rushed forward their wedding to give baby boy with brain tumour the family name before he died in their arms

A couple who sang the song In The Arms Of The Angel to their four-month-old baby as he died in their arms rushed forward their wedding so their “cheeky, cuddly and wonderful” boy could have the family name before ...

02 Feb 2023 at 07:00

Scotland

Man, 28, given terminal cancer diagnosis aims to raise funds in time he has left

A man diagnosed with a brain tumour who was initially prescribed headache tablets is raising funds for more research into the “devastating” disease. Scott McBride made five trips to his doctor before he was ...

24 Oct 2022 at 18:48

Soaps

EastEnders’ Lola Pearce receives heartbreaking brain tumour diagnosis

EastEnders’ Lola Pearce has received a heartbreaking brain tumour diagnosis, during which it was confirmed she has a glioblastoma multiforme in Wednesday evening’s episode. Earlier this month, the BBC One ...

26 Oct 2022 at 21:05

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