Call to sign up for run in city.

ORGANISERS of this year's Cancer Research 10km run are hoping up to 1,000 people will sign up to take part.

The event is on Sunday September 27 at 11am and runners of all abilities are invited to get involved.

Last year's initial race had to be postponed after heavy rain waterlogged the course but when it eventually took place more than 700 people took part.

This year Cancer Research is hoping even more will sign up to "Run 10k" to help raise the target of pounds 43,000 to help fight cancer.

Lucia Smith, marketing manager for Cancer Research UK, said: "Run 10k is a great opportunity to have fun, get fit and raise money to help beat cancer.

"Although the distance might sound like a challenge, lots of people can achieve it with a little bit of training."

Staff from the charity met up to promote the event with a huge set of helium balloons spelling out 10k.

They are also highlighting the significance of the number ten following recent figures which showed the overall death rate from cancer has dropped by ten per cent over the last ten years.

Lucia said: "Survival rates for cancer have doubled over the last thirty years and Cancer Research UK's work has been at the heart of that progress.

"In the 1960s, fewer than three out of ten children diagnosed with cancer were successfully treated. Now, it's seven out of ten. Today, more than 95 per cent of men diagnosed with testicular cancer are cured and more women are surviving breast cancer than ever before.

"But despite improvements in treatment, one in four people in the UK will die from the cancer. We want to change that. Cancer Research UK aims to save many more lives over the next ten years."

For more information and to enter the event visit www.run10k.org

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COME AND JOIN US...Staff from Cancer Research UK launching this year's 10km run in Coombe Abbey which is now accepting entries.