Two tales of courage to gladden the heart today.
Beverley East-Watson has come through a cancer scare for the second time, at the age of 21.
After surviving thyroid cancer, and then being told a lump in her breast was benign, she now wants to get on with life. Her ambition? To care for the elderly.
Meanwhile Samantha Lyth, a 40-year-old mother born with a hole in the heart, has completed the Paris Marathon for charity - despite three times having had major heart surgery.
Amazing stories both. Go, ladies!
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