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Casualty star Jason Durr, is supporting The Brain Tumour Charity after his friend’s daughter Ella Fosbury-Hill, lost her life to a brain tumour in 2013 at the age of 11.

Crieff, Perthshire will host the fun-filled activity day for children with a brain tumour and their families on Sat 3 September.

Andy Foote and Tim Burchell, along with friends Mark Roberts and Steve Verrall, have completed the world-renowned 500-mile Camino de Santiago walk across northern Spain, raising over £52,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity.

As Casualty returns to our screens on Saturday (August 27) for its 30th anniversary episode and the new series develops Glen’s brain tumour storyline, we look forward to hearing your views.

Lewis Moody MBE is heading up a small, elite team taking on the ultimate charity challenge: The headeast Extreme Cycle Challenge; a 1,000km endurance event from Vietnam to Cambodia, this December.

Stroud-based manufacturing company Renishaw, have installed revolutionary technology at King’s College London that dramatically improves accuracy and patient outcomes.

Actress Holly Matthews tells the heartfelt story of her husband Ross and his diagnosis of a brain tumour. Just this week, Ross underwent a second round of surgery and is now at home recovering well.

Zoe’s mum Julie lost her life to a brain tumour last year after starting the Heads Up supporter group, which has raised more than £44,000.

Scientists from The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, have discovered how glioma tumour cells adapt to low-oxygen environments in the brain allowing them to continue to grow.

Genomics England are now recruiting for patients with brain tumours to take part in the 100,000 Genomes Project. Genomics promises incredible benefits in healthcare through scientific discovery.

“We take it in turns to be positive for each other.” When his fiancée Hailey was four months pregnant with their second child, Nathan was diagnosed with a glioblastoma.

We are delighted to reveal that we have been working with BBC 1’s Casualty on its brain tumour storyline, where Glen is diagnosed with a glioblastoma.

For the majority of those diagnosed it takes longer than you’d think. A survey by The Brain Tumour Charity found that more than a third of people with a brain tumour had visited their GP at least five times before they were diagnosed.

St Andrews Fashion Show (FS) has announced it is partnering with The Brain Tumour Charity for the 2017 event in a bid to raise vital funds for treatments to tackle the disease.

At the age of 29, Emily Morris didn’t feel right – but she couldn’t quite put her finger on the problem. Neither could her doctors.

The profound side effects of brain tumour surgery still disrupt and dominate life for Josh, his parents and his three siblings.

On the 23rd June 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). We do not yet know how this will affect the brain tumour community.

Findings from a new report which was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggests that gliomas are more common among people who are university-educated.

The targeted radiotherapy treatment will be offered to more than 6,200 patients a year by 2018/19 as part of NHS England’s Cancer Strategy.

The report follows a debate about funding for brain tumour research in the House of Commons on April 18.

The stark impact of a childhood brain tumour diagnosis has been captured by a mother who photographed her young son every month as he was treated for the disease.

‘Losing My Place: The Reality of Childhood with a Brain Tumour’, the third report from our Life with a Brain Tumour project – the most comprehensive study of its kind, is published today.

Dr David Michod will be inviting three young people to work alongside him and his research team in his laboratory at the University College London Institute of Child Health, London.

The Twilight Walk returns with three favourite locations for 2016; Warwick, Chester and Windsor.