57 h. ago Toddler diagnosed with rare cancer after common viral illness has eye removed

Ava Grace was one year old when she was diagnosed with retinoblastoma

Science

3 d. ago Over £11,000 raised in memory of beloved Hairmyres Hospital staff member

Joe Spiers, who worked at University Hospital Hairmyres in East Kilbride, sadly died in September due to a rare blood cancer.

Economics

3 d. ago Peter Kay makes a rare TV appearance as he announces new tour dates and that he will donate 'all the profits to 12 cancer charities'

Peter Kay made a rare appearance on Wednesday evening as he appeared on The One Show to announce his new tour dates for charity. 

Science

6 d. ago Richard E Grant and Jamie Oliver pay tribute to celebrity chef Skye Gyngell following her death from a rare skin cancer at the age of 62

Richard E Grant and Jamie Oliver paid tribute to Australian celebrity chef Skye Gyngell on Sunday following her death from a rare skin cancer at the age of 62.

Events

8 d. ago Student with rare brain cancer feared she wouldn't see Christmas this year

Joscelyne Kerr, 20, was diagnosed with the rare cancer anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and was the first to be recorded having the disease in Scotland

Politics

8 d. ago Scots student who feared not seeing another Christmas urges support to find cure

Joscelyne Kerr, 20, from Kinross, was diagnosed in 2023 with an ultra-rare and aggressive brain cancer, the first recorded case of its kind in Scotland.

Politics

8 d. ago Scots student battling rare brain cancer feared she wouldn't see Christmas

Joscelyne Kerr, 20, from Kinross, was diagnosed in 2023 with an ultra-rare and aggressive brain cancer, the first recorded case of its kind in Scotland.

Events

1 week ago Boy, four, who started to walk 'a little bit wobbly' is diagnosed with cancer just weeks before his mother

EXCLUSIVE: Raffi Starkowitz was diagnosed in April with large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma, a rare subtype of a malignant brain tumour found in children.

Science

1 week ago Boy, four, who started to walk 'a little big wobbly' is diagnosed with cancer just weeks before his mother

EXCLUSIVE: Raffi Starkowitz was diagnosed in April with large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma, a rare subtype of a malignant brain tumour found in children.

Science

2 w. ago She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?There was a moment in the summer of 2022 when 26-year-old Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington, a female prison officer in a men’s jail, had to make a choice. She was on her wing at HMP The Verne in Dorset, in the day room where inmates go to read books and newspapers, when a prisoner called Bradley Trengrove handed her a magazine. Concealed within its pages was a slip of paper with a number written on it – the number of his secret, illicit mobile phone. Under the watchful eye of the prison’s security cameras, Austin-Saddington had to decide what to do next.“I was thinking, do I report it? Do I not report it?” she says. “I wasn’t thinking, I’ll text him – that wasn’t in my head.” But she did not throw the piece of paper away. She kept it, and in the end decid...

Events

2 w. ago Student, 22, often ill after drinking alcohol was found to have rare liver cancer

Charlotte Savill bravely battled rare cancer Fibrolamellar carcinoma, that affects approximately one in five million people with her brother Tom about to complete a 2,700km cycling challenge in her memory

Society

2 w. ago England cricket icon Andrew Strauss, 48, set to marry PR exec fiancée 18 years his junior in South Africa

The former England captain's new marriage comes seven years after his first wife Ruth McDonald died aged 46 following a battle with a rare form of lung cancer on December 29, 2018.

Politics

2 w. ago English couple who retired abroad to Nicaragua shocked after NHS refuses cancer treatment

A British couple who retired to Nicaragua were shocked to be denied cancer treatment on the NHS, after the former army engineer was diagnosed with a rare but aggressive blood cancer.

Events

2 w. ago Davina McCall's toughest year yet: Just months after rare brain tumour surgery star revealed breast cancer diagnosis

Recovering from her surgery to remove a benign brain tumour late last year, Davina McCall probably thought that would be the extent of her health woes for a while.

Science

3 w. ago Man's 'back pain from work' turned out to be cancer only 79 people get

Roy, 31, has been told his rare cancer is incurable

Politics

3 w. ago Alan Carr’s Traitors win sparks child cancer conversation, bereaved mother says

Neuroblastoma is a rare cancer that develops in early nerve cells and is most common in children under five.

Politics

3 w. ago Kilmarnock man consumed by grief after death of son finds purpose thanks to hub

Scott lost his beloved son Ben to cancer after years of watching him bravely battle an incredibly rare genetic condition.

Events