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

Last week, I spoke about my surprise at receiving news that microcalcifications had been found on a routine mammogram. I’d had no symptoms and had been blasé about being recalled for a second scan, bu

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

Lydia Williams, 44, lives with her husband Chris, 50, and their two children, Amelie, 14, and Arlo, 11. Every day, Amelie would come bursting through the front door, full of energy. Her life was a bus

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