Race for Life

7,350 women – all friends for Life! (with slideshow and full list of entrants)

in the pink: Michelle Wilson, Katie Allen, Lynn Allen, Heather Stubbs, Karen Burgess, Jo Wood and Kaylee Allen were among the 7,350 women taking part in this year's Race for Life

Monday, May 11, 2009

JUST two months after being diagnosed with cancer, Delbir Claire took on the challenge of completing this year's Race for Life.

The 41-year-old is still recovering from thyroid cancer but she was determined to take part.

In an added show of strength, she will...

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Thousands take part in Race for Life (with Slideshow)

Saturday, May 09, 2009

THE second Race For Life event has taken place in Derby today, with thousands of women and girls raising money for Cancer Research UK. Darley Park has...

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Cleaner Diane's Race for Life double

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

THE memory of watching her beloved father-in-law slowly die from lung cancer has inspired Diane Bunting to join thousands of women in this year's Race...

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Teachers in the running for charity race

GROUP EFFORT: Staff from Grampian Primary School, in Sinfin, will be taking part in Race for Life. Below, Melanie White, who organised the group.

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

A GROUP of school staff are switching lessons for leg-work to raise money for cancer research. More than 20 staff members from Grampian Primary...

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Charity race's £400k target

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life in Derby are hoping to raise £400,000. More than 1,600 people have already entered the annual race in aid of...

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£1,100 up, three stone down!

MEMORY RUN: Heather Rush- brooke who will be running in this year's Race for Life in memory of her grand- father Ted Charles, below, who died of lung cancer.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

SHE'S one of Derby Race For Life's most successful fund-raisers — and now Heather Rushbrooke is hoping to lead the way for the third year in a...

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1,000 sign up for charity race

Monday, February 23, 2009

MORE than 1,000 people have signed up to take part in this year's Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. The annual event, at Darley Park, takes...

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Sisters run to remember mum

TEAM WORK: Kate Griffiths, left, and staff at Parkview Primary School who are taking part in the Race for Life in memory of former head Clare Griffiths, below, who died from cancer six months ago.

Friday, February 13, 2009

SISTERS Kate Griffiths and Anna Woodward will be thinking only of their mum when they stand on the start line of this year's Race for Life. The annual...

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Childhood heartache that drives Kelly on in her Race for Life

MOVING ON: Kelly Johnson is running the Race for Life in memory of her mother and aunt.

Monday, February 09, 2009

A 28-YEAR-OLD woman who lost her mother and aunt to cancer is urging people in Derby to take up the challenge and run this year's Race for Life. When...

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