The 3 Bunkers Golf Challenge has raised £60,000 for Big C little c and now focuses on palliative care, aiming for £100,000. The event on May 22, 2026, features 24 golfers playing 27 holes across three counties.
Chloe North, a healthcare worker from Lincolnshire, has won the inaugural Macmillan Rising Star Award for her exceptional work in cancer care, including a partnership with Anglian Water.
Liam Kerry, 37, died from bowel cancer after doctors misdiagnosed his symptoms as IBS. He left behind a book of stories to raise funds for Bowel Cancer UK.
Michael Wisdom, 67, convicted of sexual offences against children from 1979 and possession of indecent images. He tried to destroy his phone when arrested.
A mother, sister, and friend abseiled down Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower to raise funds for brain tumour research, honoring 17-year-old Ethan Treharne who died from a glioblastoma.
A pilot study suggests offering medical tests after a first miscarriage could prevent over 10,000 baby losses annually, without significantly increasing NHS workload.
Beverley Callard shares great news after cancer tests show low aggression, allowing her to begin radiotherapy soon. The actress popped champagne in relief.
Seren Morgan, 11, from Carmarthenshire, raised £228 for Hywel Dda Paediatric Diabetes service through a raffle at The Lyric Theatre, also raising awareness of type 1 diabetes.
Adina Mihai, 30, and Madalin Dumitru, 29, from Birmingham, pleaded not guilty to murdering a father and a pensioner, plus multiple poisonings and thefts.
Cancer Research UK has closed a store in Swindon, with plans to shut up to 190 more by 2027 due to rising costs and shifting consumer habits, while opening 12 new superstores.
Chester blogger Richard Trotter will host his second charity quiz at Chester Market on May 10, 2026, raising funds for Clatterbridge Cancer Charity after a successful January event.
Maggie’s Nottingham centre head Annie Walton will summit North Africa’s highest peak, Mount Toubkal, in a six-day trek to raise funds for free cancer support services.
Jordan and Cian Adams, who have a 99% chance of developing frontotemporal dementia, ran the London Marathon to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research UK.
Kirsty Waugh, 11, diagnosed with a brain tumour, is asking women and girls named Kirsty in the West Midlands to join her charity campaign for OSCAR’s Paediatric Brain Tumour Charity.
Liam Kerry, a 37-year-old Jaguar Land Rover model maker from Billesley, died after a three-year battle with bowel cancer. His friend completed his book 'Flush Fiction' in tribute.
Abbi Warden, 30, developed a hernia after a C-section and couldn't breastfeed. Her sister-in-law Rebecca stepped in as a wet nurse, breastfeeding and co-sleeping with the baby for three days.
Liam Kerry, a 37-year-old Jaguar Land Rover model maker from Birmingham, died after a three-year battle with bowel cancer. He wrote 99 short stories for a book published posthumously by a friend.
Rick Oakes, 67, died from mesothelioma after asbestos exposure in Kirklees schools. His family received over £1m compensation from the council.
Former Walsall councillor Ian Shires, a bowel cancer survivor, urges people to get tested after missing two chances. He organizes an awareness event.
Tashifa Islam, 20, was diagnosed with rare nasopharyngeal carcinoma at 16. She criticizes doctors for talking to her parents and a lack of sensitivity, backing the Teenage Cancer Trust's campaign.
Former Birmingham City boss Chris Hughton, 67, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April 2025 and underwent surgery. He says he is now cancer free and feels great.
Jo Barratt runs the London Marathon for the Institute of Cancer Research, honoring her father David, a well-known Newbury community figure who died of renal cancer.
Joe Dale, 22, runs London Marathon for Institute of Cancer Research after losing his father to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He aims to turn grief into hope.
Barbara Devey, 87, died from mesothelioma after working at Lewis's and Rackhams in Birmingham. Her family is investigating asbestos exposure during renovations.
Kirsty-Louise Card shares how GLP-1 medications transformed her PCOS management, improving insulin resistance and hormonal balance beyond weight loss, and welcomes new research.
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Sikh Women's Aid says Walsall rapist John Ashby prolonged his victim's trauma by taking the case to trial before changing his plea. Sentencing due April 24.
A family from mid Wales raised £102,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity before running the London Marathon in memory of wife and mum Michelle, who died of brain cancer.
Beverley Callard, known for Coronation Street, has withdrawn from the I'm A Celeb final on medical advice following her breast cancer diagnosis and surgery.
Three-year-old Harper from Cannock was diagnosed with a brain tumour after a routine eye test. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy at Birmingham Children's Hospital and has now completed treatment, ringing the end-of-treatment bell.
Liam Kerry, 37, died of bowel cancer after doctors initially diagnosed IBS. In his final months, he wrote a book of 100-word stories to help others, with proceeds to Bowel Cancer UK.