Press releases

Dancing granddad raises £6,000 for cancer charity
10/03/10
A father-of-five and granddad-of-three has raised nearly £6,000 for charity by tap and rock and roll dancing in cities centres all over the country.

Wear Yellow on Fruity Friday!
5/03/10
A cancer prevention charity is calling for people to pull out their yellow clothes and go bananas for its annual Fruity Friday campaign.

Oxford Student to run London Marathon for mother lost to cancer
4/03/10
A postgraduate student at Oxford hopes to run the London Marathon in under three hours on April 25, in memory of his mother, who died after suffering from leukaemia and breast cancer.

Meat Industry’s Cancer Link Report does not challenge WCRF’s red and processed meat recommendations.
2/03/10
A report commissioned by the meat industry designed to cast doubt on convincing scientific evidence that a diet high in red and processed meat is linked to increased risk of bowel cancer is being considered more “spin than science” by cancer experts.

Dole Fresh UK urges fruit sector to go Fruity Friday for charity
2/03/10
Fruit supplier Dole Fresh UK is urging companies in the fruit sector to go Fruity Friday and raise money for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), a cancer prevention charity.

Billingsley mother-of-two runs marathon for grandparents lost to cancer
25/02/10
A woman from Billingsley, Shropshire hopes to run the London Marathon in just four-and-a-half hours to raise money for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

WCRF criticises meat industry over misleading public statement
12/02/10
World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has today accused the British meat industry of misleading the public by making factually inaccurate and potentially defamatory comments.

Hula hooping to the top of Kilimanjaro for friend with cancer
8/02/10
A woman from Highbury, North London is going to hula hoop her way up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

Dole Fresh UK teams up with cancer charity for Fruity Friday
25/01/10
Fruit supplier Dole Fresh UK has been announced as the first headline sponsor of Fruity Friday, an awareness and fundraising campaign held by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

Study links higher levels of Vitamin D to lower bowel cancer risk
22/01/10
People who have higher levels of vitamin D in their blood are significantly less likely to develop bowel cancer, according to a study published today (January 22) in the British Medical Journal.

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