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Participants run, walk or crawl through inflatable obstacles, tunnels and mud pits at the Pretty Muddy 5K event, held at Avenham and Miller Parks, Preston, to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

26 joy-filled pictures as runners embrace the mud at Pretty Muddy

Tony Blundell

A 'highly successful' Garstang man has died after a freak accident

Race for Life, Preston

Race for Life Preston 5k and Pretty Muddy: What, where and when

All ages and abilities can take part in Cancer Research UK's Race for Life

Take part in Preston Race for Life 2026 (and here's a discount code)

Swimathon

Fulwood Leisure Centre to 'Make a Splash' this spring during Swimathon 2026

Colleagues from across the UK network travelled to London to take part.

Ad Feature Access Self Storage staff take on 100km charity relay challenge

Angela Timms and son Matthew Timms pictured in recent years and then twenty years ago.

Preston man's gruelling challenge for charity that helped his mum

Nearly 1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime.

Brits urged to act this World Cancer Day

Three ladies in pink at the Preston Race For Life 2024 at Moor Park

Race for Life Lancashire dates and locations revealed

Campaign to address barriers preventing Lancashire residents getting cancer symptoms checked

Campaign to address barriers preventing Lancashire residents getting cancer symp...

We were both diagnosed with cancer but we won’t let it beat us

Rachel Standen with her husband Michael and two sons, Josh and Robert.

Team Fudge it!

A woman walks past a Cancer Research UK store in London. The charity shop chain will close 88 high street shops by May 2026, with 100 more expected by April 2027 (Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

UK charity shop to close 88 high street shops by May 2026 - full list

Support research into children’s and young people’s cancers by picking up a gold ribbon badge - the symbol of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - available from Cancer Research UK shops in September or donate at cruk.org/childrenandyoungpeople

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Lancashire urged to 'gol gold' in support

Karen Hain's 20th Race for Life

Preston accountant completes 20th Race for Life in mum’s memory

The cutting-edge radiotherapy machine

Our new cancer-fighting machine will save 13,000 appointments
A state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine to improve cancer care across the region is soon to be unveiled at Preston’s Rosemere Cancer Centre.
Catherine Musgrove

25 great pictures from Cancer Research UK's Pretty Muddy 2025

25 great pictures from Cancer Research UK's Pretty Muddy 2025 event

25 pictures as runners brave the rain for Cancer Research UK's Race for Life

25 pictures as runners brave the rain for Race for Life in Moor Park

Racing for Life

Preston braves the wet weather to unite against cancer

It's time to get muddy to raise funds for Cancer Research UK

The countdown is on to join the Race for Life in Preston

Tips from Cancer Research UK on how to enjoy the sun safely

Clothing choices may influence where skin cancer develops

Team Panthera!

23 employees from North West clinical trials company Panthera take part in Race...

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Essity employee triumphs over cancer and raises £3,300 for Cancer Research

Join the pack: Dog owners are being urged to walk 60 miles with their four-legged friends over the course of April to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer’s life-saving research. Sign up now at su2c.org.uk/walkies

Paw-some canine cancer challenge for Lancashire dog owners

Team Panthera

Clinical trials company Panthera preparing to take part in Race for Life Manches...

Connor McCrossan, from Leyland, initially thought he had caught a bug while travelling in Thailand, but it turned out to be a brain tumour

Doctors thought I had a tropical virus - it turned out to be a tumour

Fiona Marsh comes through the Race for Life finish line at a previous year's event

20 years ago I'd be dead - but I beat cancer & I'm doing Race for Life
A Chorley mum-of-two whose rare and aggressive cancer would have been untreatable 20 years ago is now disease free.
Catherine Musgrove

A new study suggests that drinking a glass of milk every day may reduce your risk of bowel cancer.

One thing you can do daily to reduce your risk of common cancer

Entries are open for Pretty Muddy, Preston.

Life is worth Racing for: Sign up in January and save 50% on entry fee

Cancer Research UK scientists

Around 10 lives saved every day from lung cancer in the north west

Stand Up To Cancer with the November squats challenge.

Lancashire urged to feel the burn with cancer squats challenge

Lancashire mum Rebecca Oldham has battled both breast and cervical cancer. Out the other end, she is now backing Cancer Research campaign.

Mum who battled breast & cervical cancer is urging for a breakthrough

Around 7,500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the UK every year.

What is ovarian cancer and what are the signs and symptoms?

Former Love Island contestant Danica Taylor, pictured at at Shein event, will be supporting her boyfriend through a Cancer Research UK fundraiser and will be in Preston today.

Tragic reason Love Island star will be in Preston today

A triumphant Carly Broadley is declared the winner in her first ever amateur boxing match.

I'm a bus driver - but I stepped into the ring after family tragedies

Hakim Group team at the Pretty Muddy Run

Hakim Group gets muddy in support of Cancer Research UK

£127k raised for Cancer Research UK by 2,500 runners at Race for Life

31 amazing pics from the charity Race for Life for Cancer Research UK

Moor Park is set to host this year's Race for Life

Preston's Moor Park gears up for Cancer Research UK's Race for Life

Chorley Slimming World groups have collected 206 bags for Cancer Research UK by donating the clothes they slimmed out of.

Chorley Slimming World throw their clothes at cancer charity

Helen Souter from Cancer Research UK thanks Vincents Solicitors' Chris Mathews for 21 years of help

Lancashire solicitors celebrates two decades of supporting Cancer Research UK

Dominic Rothwell who will be running this year's Race For Life in Blackburn.

I’m a scientist running the Race for Life after my mum died of cancer

King Charles will resume public engagements next week (Photo by Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

King to resume public duties after positive cancer treatment

Breast screening

Hospital trust reveals cancer death due to delay or misdiagnosis

Alec with his daughter Celia Rigby-O'Neill. He was just 13 years old when he started smoking

I want to raise the legal smoking age after losing my dad to cancer

Coleen Nolan is urging smokers to quit this No Smoking Day. Credit: PA

Lancashire’s Coleen Nolan urges smokers to quit after health scare

‘Paw-some’ fundraising challenge: Lancashire dog owners are being urged to walk 60

Lancashire canine lovers urged to get involved in walkies cancer challenge

Bridget and Dorrell Campbell

Blackpool mother calls for more people to get involved in Race for Life

Figures show just 70.3% of 326,570 eligible 25 to 64-year-olds in Lancashire were adequately screened as of March 31 (Credit: PA)

Fewer people in Lancashire completing cervical screenings

Teaching Assistant Donna Russell found a lump on her breast whilst in the shower one day. She is now set to be a VIP guest at Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Blackpool.

"I’m proud to Race for Life": teaching assistant set for VIP treatment

Hollie Dring and Theo as a baby

Hollie Dring: Family and friends issue heartfelt plea to find precious blanket

Splash landing on the slide.

Pretty Muddy for the kids on the park

24 pictures from Preston's Pretty Muddy

23 pictures as hundreds of runners tackle the Muddy Pretty race

UCLan student Jamie Reynolds has taken part in two white collar boxing events to improve his mental health

Preston student opens up about how boxing saved his life

Donna Russell holds the Race for Life sign proudly to show her personal motivation for supporting the charity’s much-loved events

Cancer survivor who found lump growing in size over days takes on Race for Life

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