Last year my Dad, Bernard, and my father-in-law, John Ellis, both received terminal cancer diagnoses. Sadly, in June, this year, my father-in-law died. Fortunately, my Dad is battling on. So, I am taking this opportunity to highlight the terrible effects that a cancer diagnosis can have and I hope that you will help, in any small way, to assist Cancer Research in their vital work.

We're lighting up the streets to raise vital funds for life-saving research. 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s ground breaking work.