I ran the London Marathon (slowly) and am still raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Cancer affects all our lives at some point and just now my mum who is being treated for bowel cancer.

Macmillan try to improve the lives of everyone living with cancer through practical and medical support. It's an impressive ambition and one I hope you are able to support with a donation.

A Macmillan nurse came to visit my mum at home when she was finding her treatment difficult to stomach and the advice she gave was priceless. Any support you give to help pay for visits like that one will have a huge benefit.

Take a look at is video by former Herald sub Mark Bratchpiece here.  It's funny but makes a serious point.