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Brother and sister champs run 26 miles each in school holidays for cancer raising 5 times their £10K target to help dad with pancreatic cancer

A champion brother and sister fundraising duo who are spending their school holidays running 26 miles each for cancer have raised five times their original £10K target in a bid to help their terminally ill dad who has stage four pancreatic cancer. ...

12 Aug 2022 at 09:15

Jeremy Hunt reveals he has had cancer and will be running Race For Life

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed that he had cancer and has since recovered. The Conservative MP said he will be taking part in a 5km race to raise money for cancer charities after the disease affected some of his relatives “very ...

20 Jun 2022 at 01:30

Mother who lost leg to cancer stars in video to mark Race for Life milestone

A young mother who lost her leg to cancer has starred in a video to celebrate 30 years of Race for Life, just weeks after learning to walk with a prosthetic limb. The race has raised almost £1 billion for Cancer Research since it began in 1994 ...

11 May 2023 at 17:30

Scotland

Cancer survivor whose husband died from the disease chosen to launch fundraiser

A woman whose husband died from cancer while she was being treated for the disease has been chosen to launch a major cancer research fundraising campaign. Shona MacLaren, 34, was undergoing treatment for cervical cancer when her husband Will ...

07 Mar 2023 at 12:54

Health

Keen singer cut from ‘ear to ear’ in thyroid cancer op and feared she would never talk again can now ‘sing like a bird’

A keen singer who feared she would never be able to hold a note again after her neck swelled “like a frog when they puff out their neck” and underwent surgery to remove thyroid cancer now says she can “sing like a bird” after enjoying a ...

30 Jun 2023 at 07:00

Music

Kimberley Walsh looking forward to ‘special’ 5k run in honour of Sarah Harding

Kimberley Walsh has said she is looking forward to the “special moment” of honouring her late Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding when the group run a Race For Life this weekend Walsh, Cheryl, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts from the ...

19 Jul 2022 at 12:51

Broadcaster Jo Wilson celebrates two years cancer-free with Race for Life

A sports broadcaster has said she is celebrating two years being cancer free as she prepares to take part in Cancer Research UK’s annual Race for Life. Sky Sports presenter Jo Wilson, 40, was diagnosed with stage three cervical ...

16 May 2025 at 16:34

Health

I wouldn’t have known I had cancer if mum hadn’t attended her mammogram: Mother and daughter face breast cancer together

A mother and daughter who faced breast cancer together after being diagnosed just months apart, both receiving a double mastectomy and driving each other to appointments, have expressed their gratitude after receiving the ...

20 May 2024 at 06:30

Health & Wellbeing

Singer Pixie Lott: Becoming a mum’s put everything in perspective

Pixie Lott says she’s learnt so much about herself since becoming a mum. “It’s made me put everything into perspective,” says the singer-songwriter, 33, who welcomed baby son Albert with her husband Oliver Cheshire last ...

24 Apr 2024 at 08:58

Girl, nine, to undertake charity challenge with friends after cancer battle

A nine-year-old girl who had brain surgery three times to treat a rare cancer is to take part in a charity challenge with her best friends to help others fighting the disease. Kara McInally has been chosen as the VIP ...

06 Jun 2024 at 14:45

Quirky

Mount Everest to Antarctica: The woman who does record-breaking obstacle races in the most ‘extreme’ places on Earth

After being awarded the Guinness World Record for completing an obstacle course almost halfway up Mount Everest, a 34-year-old woman from Poole has her sights set on completing a world-first polar obstacle course in ...

24 Sept 2025 at 06:30

Quirky

World record-holding obstacle racer completes world-first obstacle course in Antarctica in sub-zero white-out conditions

After being awarded the Guinness World Record for completing an obstacle course almost halfway up Mount Everest, a 34-year-old woman from Poole has now completed a world-first polar obstacle course in Antarctica. ...

16 Jan 2026 at 06:55

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