27May

Angela Did It!

May 27, 2020
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Angela had decided to take part in the 2.6 Challenge which started on 26th April, the date planned for the London Marathon, to raise money for Secondary1st.  She had been treated for breast cancer in

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04May

Angela’s Challenge

May 04, 2020
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Angela had been treated for breast cancer in 2007 but was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at the end of 2019.  She wanted to raise money for research into the disease and decided to take

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24April

The 2.6 Challenge

April 24, 2020
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On Sunday 26th April, the date planned for the 2020 London Marathon, there is the opportunity for everyone to take up the 2.6 Challenge.  This is a nationwide event inviting people all over the UK

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03April

An important message from The Trustees

April 03, 2020
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As Trustees of Secondary1st we want to send our very best wishes to all our supporters and fundraisers and assure everyone that Secondary1st is in a stable financial position.  We will survive through the current

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03April

Take Three Girls

April 03, 2020
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The theatre company “Take Three Girls” toured Exmoor performing Alan Bennett’s “Her Big Chance” and publicising the work of the charity to raise money for Secondary1st in honour of the late Mary Richards.  “Her Big

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03April

Still running

April 03, 2020
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Michele planned to run a half-marathon and then a marathon this year after taking part in a 10k and a half-marathon in 2019 to raise money for Secondary1st.  When both of this year’s events were

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03April

Amazon Smile

April 03, 2020
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While everyone is encouraged to stay at home as much as possible and so many shops are closed more people are turning to on-line shopping.  AmazonSmile makes no charge to the buyer, provides the same

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03April

40for40

April 03, 2020
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Before the lockdown, Andrea’s sisters and best friend managed to add three more challenges to their 40for40 campaign in Andrea’s memory.  These were the shoeathon, which involved wearing 40 pairs of shoes, a metafit class

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17February

Gene-editing trial

February 17, 2020
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Researchers in the US have successfully conducted the first small-scale clinical trial to test a gene-editing treatment for cancer.  They extracted t-cells, which are immune cells, from three cancer patients and edited their DNA with

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17February

New international research investigates the cancer genome

February 17, 2020
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1300 researchers have worked for ten years to explore the entire cancer genome.  Their results suggest that some cancers could be predicted through DNA mutations that occur many years before the cancers make patients ill. The

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