Debbie McGee joins walk for brain tumour charity
BBCAbout 250 people including Debbie McGee have taken part in a walk for brain tumour patients and their families.
The Walk of Hope took place on Saturday at the Chatsworth Estate, in Derbyshire, to raise money for charity Brain Tumour Research.
Debbie McGee became patron of the charity earlier this year, after her husband - magician Paul Daniels - died of a brain tumour 10 years ago.
McGee, who was there with family, said: "I'm treating it as a happy day. I just think he's looking down on us and he'd be really proud that we're together, but that we're supporting Brain Tumour Research."
Among those walking either a 4km or 5km route were families who had lost loved ones to brain tumours.
Helen Jones, 52, from Thorpe Astley, in Leicestershire, took part in the walk for her husband Toby who died aged 50.
She said: "I'm here in memory of my husband who died in July last year from a grade four glioblastoma.
"It's been unbelievably hard, but he'd be so proud of us today. I know he would. He'd be amazed."
Harriet Wilton, from Coalville, in Leicestershire, was there - with a team of supporters - to remember her brother.
She said: "Team Isaac Forever is in memory of my brother Isaac Wilton who passed away coming up to 12 months ago now from a glioblastoma brain tumour."
Sue Castle-Smith, from Brain Tumour Research, said: "Everyone here knows the pain of a brain tumour diagnosis.
"It kills more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer."
The walk follows news earlier this week that the NHS has started using a new test which can cut the time it takes for an accurate diagnosis for brain tumours from up to eight weeks to two hours.
Castle-Smith added: "We've heard just this week of a new pilot project that's come out of research in Nottingham that's been rolled out in NHS England which means brain tumour patients will be getting the results of their tests faster than ever before in a matter of hours."
The testing will be piloted in five specialist centres around England, including Nottingham.
It builds on an earlier project already under way in Nottingham and Birmingham.
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