When an injury left Gill Castle with a permanent stoma, she refused to wallow or be held back – she set about helping other women...

I woke up to the surprise of my life Ciara Murray, 42, Enniskillen, Fermanagh

Marcie’s life had taken a brutal turn, but she vowed to prove everybody wrong…

Sitting beside the hospital bed where my 15-year-old daughter Leoni lay, I clutched her hand. ‘It’s cancer,’ I said, fighting back tears. Seeing her bewildered face staring back at me, my heart broke.

While my hero was losing his fight, I had a battle of my own

At the end of the road I live on in Herne Bay in Kent, there’s a bench. It overlooks the sea and is a place I often go when I want to clear my mind. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve sat the