Cancer Research UK

Tesco colleagues from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire help raise money for vital charities

Tesco Bedfordshire colleagues raise £20,000 for health charities

File photo of a man smoking a cigarette. Picture posed by model.

Less than half of smokers in Bedford who try to quit are successful

‘Swimathon President Duncan Goodhew MBE’– Making a splash: Swimming legend, Duncan Goodhew MBE, is urging people across Bedfordshire to sign up for Swimathon 2025 to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK, the end of life charity Marie Curie and Swimathon Foundation. Dive in at swimathon.org.

Bedfordshire swimmers urged to dive into Swimathon

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

Race for Life participants taking part in the warm up

Bedford charity race offers 50% off entry fee for Cancer Research UK's Race for ...

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?

People in Bedford can donate good quality clothes to TK Maxx in support of Cancer Research UK

Bedford urged to donate clothes for good

Robin wanted to support Cancer Research UK after losing his mother and father-in-law to cancer.

Bedford man raises thousands after completing charity run across Great Britain

Cancer Research UK is calling on the newly elected Government to help end the devastation caused by smoking in the South East. Photo by Mathew MacQuarrie on Unsplash.

605,000 in the East of England still smoke as cancers caused by smoking reach al...

Make this election a turning point for cancer.

Bedford's Tom Grennan calls on party leaders to make cancer a top election prior...

Memorial Match and Charity Event

Sharnbrook Football Club hosts memorial match and charity event

The event will raise money for Cancer Research UK and Parkinson’s UK

Rebecca White

Bedford fundraiser Robin Reynolds is set to run across England, Scotland, and Wales from 1st August

Bedford dad to run across Britain for cancer

Sign up to Race for Life or Pretty Muddy Bedford in January for 50% off using code RACE24NY

Save lives and save money by signing up to Bedford Race for Life in January

In Bedford, 65.2% were screened as of March this year – a fall from 67.6% in 2022

Fewer women in Bedford completing cervical screenings

The Italians celebrate their win.

Italians claim golfing honours

Race for Life at Bedford’s Priory Park

Nearly 2,000 take part in Race for Life at Bedford’s Priory Park and raise £150k

Experts warn that these common foods can increase cancer risk

Sean Howard with his medal and girlfriend Megan Malster after the London Marathon

Bedford site manager tackles London Marathon after run-in with cancer

Camden brewery has launched a new drink

Camden Town Brewery x Fawcett Society launch Arsenal women’s pint glass

A patient receiving treatment

More emergency cancer patients in Bedfordshire than pre-pandemic

At least 940 cases diagnosed by medics in the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG area had reached an advanced stage at the point of diagnosis that year

Almost 1,000 cancers discovered at most deadly stage in Bedfordshire

Take part in the Race for Life

Sign up for Race for Life Bedford in January and claim a 50 per cent discount

The HPV vaccine is offered to girls and boys aged 12 and 13 years old (Photo: Getty Images)

HPV vaccine hailed life-saving as cervical cancer rates drop - who can get it?

Bedford Hospital

Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust fails on cancer treatment target 15 months in a row

The blood test can pinpoint exactly where in the body the disease is coming from (Photo: Getty Images)

New NHS blood test detects more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms show

Cancer survivor Sara Wilson

Race for Life organisers still planning Bedford event this year despite pandemic

You can donate your Tesco Clubcard points to help people in need - here’s how

Sherry McGill

Bedford mum who underwent double mastectomy stars in Stand Up To Cancer film

"Embracing our scars shows people that these are now just a part of who we are and that cancer does not define us"

Clare Turner

The supermarket introduced a charity scheme during the pandemic allowing shoppers to contribute spare pennies. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Tesco accused of rounding up shopping bills to the nearest pound - without permi...

The charity warns that members of the public need to be careful about sun exposure, even in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Skin cancer deaths have risen 150% since the 1970s - these are the signs and sym...

The research found that screening women earlier could save lives (Photo: Shutterstock)

Breast cancer screenings for women in their 40s 'could save lives' - according t...

The number of cancer patients seeing specialists during coronavirus has fallen -...

Central Bedfordshire Council pays tribute to Fiona Chapman MBE

Central Bedfordshire Council pays tribute to 'well-respected councillor' and for...

Race for Life stock image

Race for Life cancelled in Bedford

Macmillan Cancer Support says patients must 'not be left behind and forgotten'

Nearly three in 10 Bedford Hospital cancer patients wait longer than two months ...

Sue Ryder hospices across the UK could close - here’s why

Peter Kay has rescheduled his cancelled Dance For Life tour two years later - he...

Make sure you're not ignoring important symptoms (Photo: Shutterstock)

Liver cancer deaths are on the rise - these are symptoms you should know about

Cranfield Co-op presentations

Store in Cranfield celebrates donations to local causes

Infrastructure key to growing Central Beds

Women at high risk of breast cancer 'shunning wonderdrug'

Vape shops could help NHS in war on smoking

Breast cancer mortality rates fall by 10 per cent in five years

Bedford Slimming World consultants with Peter Andre

Slimming team win praise from Peter Andre

It's time to get pretty muddy!

Dunstable women are being encouraged to step into Spring by signing up now to Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2017.

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Brits tuck into 100 million takeaways and ready meals every week

Children now drink a bath full of sugary drinks every year

Children now drink a bath full of sugary drinks every year

Freemasons of Bedfordshire award funding - Anthony Henderson, future Provincial Grand Master, left, and Michael Sawyer, current Provincial Grand Master, at the presentation

Freemasons donate more than £70k to good causes

Bedford Race for Life 2015

Get pretty muddy for Cancer Research Race For Life events

Cancer Research UK's Race for Life at Richmond on Sunday 15th July 2012

Race For Life is coming to Bedford

Hard-hitting campaign warns: Just 15 fags can lead to tumours

‘One in two men will develop cancer by 2027’

Inspired to volunteer? Here’s your chance?

Majority agree children should be shielded from tobacco ads

Cancer charity calls for support in packaging push

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