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  1. Echo Base LIVE 19: Look Sir, Droids!: Charity fundraising total revealed

    #EchoBaseLIVE #StarWars #FanthaTracks #EchoBaseLIVE #CancerResearchUK 

    Echo Base LIVE 19 raised significant money for Cancer Research UK.

    Read the whole story at the below link:

    fanthatracks.com/news/conventi

  2. The Fascists winning hearts and minds there.

    Imagine the news headlines if it was a Left wing march that caused the Cancer walk to be cancelled.
    But it wouldn't happen because the only cunts in this story are Patriot Platform

    searchlightmagazine.com/2026/1

    #Bristol #FarRight #CancerResearchUK #PatriotPlatform #UKPol #UKPolitics

  3. NHS ‘will miss cancer treatment target by more than three years’

    Cancer Research UK says England is not on track to meet a key commitment set down by the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #CancerResearchUK #Health #healthcare #NHS #Prostatecancer #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/796558/

  4. 2 weeks to go before the #greatsouthrun and I manged a 16k run.

    Not going to claim any records but I did the distance

    #transrunning #cancerresearchuk #thisgirlcan

  5. Simple aerobic exercises could stop your cancer coming back – see list of activities

    Cancer Research UK have suppoprted a study which shows aerobic exercise and strength training can make it less…
    #NewsBeep #News #Fitness #cancer #CancerResearchUK #exercise #Health #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/773321/

  6. Man almost died and was left in four-day coma after bite by UK spider

    Doctors said they may have to amputate his armNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle) 06:58, 14 Aug…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #CancerResearchUK #GB #Hospitals #Mentalhealth #SlimmingWorld #spiders #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/737947/

  7. A Liverpool woman is set to walk five marathons in five days in memory of her incredible mum

    A Liverpool woman is preparing to take on five marathons in five days in memory of her mum.…
    #Liverpool #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Cancer #CancerResearchUK #Charity #Community #GreatBritain #Health
    europesays.com/uk/1007357/

  8. Kensington Palace makes major announcement about Princess Kate | Royal | News

    Kensington Palace has announced that the Princess of Wales will join the King and Queen at a reception…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Cancer #cancerresearchuk #KensingtonPalace #princesscatherine #princesskate #PrincessofWales #Royalreception #StJames'sPalace #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/572310/

  9. SWANSEA: Opticians team lace up for Race for Life in memory of colleague Chris who gave more than 20 years to the practice

    A team from a Swansea opticians is taking on the Race for Life this Saturday in memory of a retired colleague who spent more than 20 years with the practice before losing her battle with cancer.

    Stephen Evans Optometrists is based on Kings Road in the SA1 Waterfront area — one of Swansea’s most distinctive regenerated neighbourhoods, sitting on the eastern edge of the city centre alongside the marina that the Race for Life course will take runners past on Saturday.

    Six members of staff will line up for the Swansea 5K Race for Life on 17 May, with the course starting at Museum Green before heading towards the coast and along the marina.

    The team is raising money for Cancer Research UK — a cause that carries deep personal meaning. Their retired colleague Chris Radford, who was part of the team for over two decades, died from cancer, and many of the six runners carry their own personal experiences of the disease.

    Stephen Evans, optometrist and founder of the practice, said the event had brought the team together in a way that felt meaningful.

    “We have a very diverse mix of experience amongst the team but everybody has been eager to take on the challenge,” he said. “It’s been a really nice way to unite us in practice; it’s been a key topic of conversation and created quite a bit of buzz, and I’m sure on the day we’ll all be spurring each other on.”

    He added that being able to channel something positive from so much pain would make crossing the finish line all the more significant.

    “To be able to bring some positivity around something that has had such a huge impact on the entire team and unfortunately the lives of so many others, will be incredibly rewarding,” he said.

    The race will not be new territory for all of the team. Some completed the Race for Life back in 2015, and members of the group have previously taken on charity bike rides, sea swimming and late-night MoonWalks. Others have been training specifically for Saturday’s 5K, motivated by the chance to get outdoors and improve their fitness ahead of the event.

    Evans said the team’s connection with the outdoors and nature ran through everything they did together as a practice.

    “We’re generally very nature-driven,” he said. “It can really help, not just to complete 5Ks but also to improve mental wellbeing, which is also really important to us as a team. There are endless benefits just from getting outdoors and keeping active, supporting each other, and fostering the strong sense of community we already have.”

    Cancer affects roughly one in two people in the UK. Survival rates have doubled over the last 40 years, with research efforts making significant advances in treating more than 200 different variations of the disease — but the impact it has on families and those closest to patients remains profound.

    The Swansea Race for Life draws hundreds of participants each year, with runners and walkers of all abilities taking on the 5K course together. The Museum Green start point puts the route right in the heart of the city before opening out along the waterfront — a fitting backdrop for a team whose practice sits just metres from the same stretch of marina.

    Cancer Research UK funds scientific research aimed at improving treatments and understanding the disease more deeply, with the goal of beating cancer sooner.

    You can donate to the Stephen Evans Optometrists team at fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/stephen-evans-optometrists.

    Related stories from Swansea Bay News

    Cancer Research UK coverage from Swansea Bay News
    All our stories involving Cancer Research UK fundraising and campaigns.

    Race for Life stories from Swansea Bay News
    Our coverage of Race for Life events across the region.

    #Cancer #CancerResearchUK #fundraising #RaceForLife #StevenEvansOpticians
  10. NHS issues urgent ‘check your skin’ warning for illness that kills thousands

    The alert has been issued to mark the beginning of May 2026 amid an attempt to increase awareness…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #cancer #CancerResearch #CancerResearchUK #expertadvice #GB #NHS #Skincancer #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/561949/

  11. Northern Ireland Sees Unprecedented Surge in Cancer Diagnoses

    Northern Ireland sees 10,700 new cancer cases yearly. Cancer Research UK urges action on waiting lists due to strained services and rising diagnoses.

    #NorthernIrelandCancer, #CancerStatistics, #HealthcareNI, #CancerResearchUK, #WaitingLists

    newsletter.tf/northern-ireland

  12. Northern Ireland now has 10,700 new cancer diagnoses each year, which is about 29 people every day. This is a record high and puts a lot of pressure on health services.

    #NorthernIrelandCancer, #CancerStatistics, #HealthcareNI, #CancerResearchUK, #WaitingLists
    newsletter.tf/northern-ireland

  13. Thank you everyone for helping Niall and Bob smash their donation target.
    At last count it was £1236!🎊

    Here's a little video of some behind the scenes stuff and the fellas celebrating completing the 72-hours. 😁

    #cancerresearchuk #mario #charitystream #Nintendo #mariobros #cancerresearch

    youtu.be/hThGjcropYM

  14. The world’s leading cancer charity to stop funding open access publishing because of hybrid journals

    As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone to read and share published academic research for free – is great in principle, but in practice has failed in important ways. That’s because traditional academic publishers have subverted the open access model to such an extent that the costs for research institutions of publishing in […]

    #cancer #cancerResearchUk #diamondOa #DORA #embargo #goldOa #greenOa #hybridJournals #openAccess #paywall #peterSuber #publishers #rcuk #research #researchCouncilsUk walledculture.org/the-worlds-l
  15. It's hour 60 of the fundraiser, and they're going all the way!

    It's the last 12 hours of the 72-hour Super Mario Stream for Cancer Research UK by Niall and Bobby, so if you we're planning to donate, now is the time!
    #mario #mariobros #charitystream #Nintendo #cancerresearch #cancerresearchuk

    m.twitch.tv/alaryyn

  16. #CancerResearchUK will stop paying #APCs for funded researchers. Good. Unfortunately its announcement is marred by false assertions and assumptions about #OpenAccess. news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/04/01/w... I say more on Mastodon. fediscience.org/@petersuber/...

    Why we won’t be funding open a...

  17. #CancerResearchUK will stop paying #APCs for funded researchers.
    news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026

    PS. So far, so good. There are strong reasons to move away from APCs. For a summary, see Recommendation 3 of the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement in 2022. (Disclosure: I was the lead author.)
    budapestopenaccessinitiative.o

    Unfortunately the Cancer Research UK announcement is marred by several false assertions and assumptions about #OpenAccess.

    * Its narrow decision is to stop funding APCs, but its headline is that it will stop funding OA publishing as such. It leaves the distinct false impression that all OA journals charge APCs.

    * Deep in the text it says that OA "hasn't worked. At least not in its current form." That looks like a recognition that not all OA depends on APCs. But it isn't explicit and didn't prevent careless language elsewhere in the statement.

    * It never acknowledges that no-APC OA (#DiamondOA) journals exist, let alone that they constitute the majority of OA journals.

    * It does acknowledge the existence of no-APC OA through repositories, or #GreenOA. But it falsely suggests that green OA must be embargoed. Just to give one notable set of counter-examples, all the federal OA policies in the US require unembargoed green OA.

    #ScholComm

  18. Day 1 Done

    It took more than 12 minutes.
    They were all knee push-ups.
    Sets of 20 became sets of 10 halfway through.
    They were laughably shallow by the end.
    I'm dying.

    But I did it.

    #cruk #100pushups #cancerresearchuk #fitness

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