This article was first published in the Times (15 July) and is written by Chris Smyth. Thousands of patients with incurable cancer are condemned to second-rate care, a report today warns. Patients are ignored by doctors, suffer delays in treatment and only get help when they go to A&E. Progress in treating early stage…
A breast cancer charity launched this week in memory of a mum-of-two who succumbed to the disease. Rosie Choueka died in June last year aged 38, after losing her battle against breast cancer. In her memory, around 200 friends and family – together with celebrity patron Peter Capaldi – launched the charity Secondary1st on Tuesday…
On 16 June 2015 my beautiful, brilliant wife, Rosie Choueka, lost her brief battle with secondary breast cancer. She was 38 years old, a mother of two little children, a wife, a daughter and a hugely successful City lawyer. Rosie found a lump in her breast in June 2014. She had a lumpectomy and soon…
Under the patronage of Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi, Secondary1st has been launched in memory of Rosie Choueka who died from the disease.
“What better way to raise money for charity than give up something I love in memory of someone I love?”
Almost every charity has a poignant story behind it, inspired by people who demonstrated incredible acts of strength even when struck down by illness.
10-year-old school chums Alex Russell and Sebby Boxall took part in the St. Albans 1.5 kilometre Fun Run.
No challenge is too big for Craig Fisher. He has doggedly raised £12,000 for secondary breast cancer research by participating in a series of marathons, duathlons and triathlons.
Former Irish president Mary McAleese and first female Appeal Court judge, Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss joined the BBC’S Jo Coburn in the first ever Rosie Conversation.