By SARAH RAINEY CLAIRE Crawford isn't your average 29-year-old. A survivor of renal cancer, she's one of Cancer Research UK's most enthusiastic fundraisers, and is getting her trainers on in support of the charity.

By Laura Jones Sharon Oates wants to run past the finish line of a 10k run with pride, knowing she is raising money in memory of her grandparents, who both died of cancer.

LITTLE battler Kirsty Foster will make a big noise in Newcastle tomorrow. She will sound the horn to mark the start of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life at the Exhibition Park and Town Moor at 9.30am.

By Gavin O'Connor THOUSANDS of fundraisers adorned with pink hats, pink T-shirts and painted pink faces descended on the capital for the latest Race for Life challenge yesterday.

By Jane Omara Rugby union players form the Westcountry's top club helped launch a fundraising drive for research into the prevention and treatment of cancer.