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Bethany Wilkins was 11 when her mother Andrea first lost her hair after having chemotherapy, and she promised she would shave her own head should it happen…

People with cancer in Wakefield, Pontefract and Dewsbury will soon have the chance to take part in a pioneering exercise service funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.

Lee Hammond, 46, has taken on the Yorkshire Three Peaks, an ultramarathon, and the ‘Yorkshire Warrior’ assault course, and plans to continue his fundraising in memory of Kellie Simmons, who passed away from cancer in 2021.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), an international grant-making foundation and supporter of innovative health initiatives, has committed £835,000 to support a…

A group of volunteers in Easingwold have raised more than £5,000 for Yorkshire Cancer Research with a series of fundraising events.
The charity’s Galtres Volunteer…

In the UK, we buy more clothes per person than any other country in Europe. In fact, the carbon footprint of new clothes bought in the UK each month is greater than…

A marathon walk organised by a Meltham brewery has raised £3,860 for Yorkshire Cancer Research. Chris Broadbent and Matthew Crabtree, Directors of the Three Fiends…

“By getting more people to attend their screening appointments, we can detect cancer earlier, help more people survive cancer, and even prevent people getting…

Yorkshire Cancer Research is celebrating having helped ‘pave the way’ to the announcement of a national lung screening programme today (Monday, 26th June).

Skipton and Ripon MP Julian Smith visited Yorkshire Cancer Research’s Skipton shop to meet bowel cancer researchers and patients who have benefited from funding…

Yorkshire Cancer Research’s Pickering shop has raised £150,000 for life-saving research since it first opened one year ago.

People in Yorkshire have raised more than £40,000 for life-saving cancer research by taking part in the annual ‘Step Out for Yorkshire’ campaign by Yorkshire Cancer…