Two women who wrote a book to help a friend with cancer to talk to her son about her illness, now hope their book can help others in a similar situation. There is no easy way to talk to a young child about illness, but children’s writer Hannah Moorcroft-Jones and graphic designer Emma Haynes hope their new book for children aged two to four, will make things a little easier. Ms Moorcroft-Jones, from Buckinghamshire, and Ms Haynes came up with the idea of writing the book, ‘I wish Mummy could…’ to support their 38-year-old friend Gemma West, from Banbury, who was struggling to explain to her then three-year-old son William why she could not do things.
Two women who wrote a book to help a friend with cancer to talk to her son about her illness, now hope their book can help others in a similar situation. There is no easy way to talk to a young child about illness, but children’s writer Hannah Moorcroft-Jones and graphic designer Emma Haynes hope their new book for children aged two to four, will make things a little easier. Ms Moorcroft-Jones, from Buckinghamshire, and Ms Haynes came up with the idea of writing the book, ‘I wish Mummy could…’ to support their 38-year-old friend Gemma West, from Banbury, who was struggling to explain to her then three-year-old son William why she could not do things.
A BOMB disposal soldier is planning to raise £100,000 for two charities by running, cycling and swimming 1,754 miles in just 26 days. Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Si Hannaford, 42, is taking on the mammoth challenge to swim 21 miles, then cycle 1,000 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats and finally run 733 miles from John O’Groats back to Bicester. Part of the challenge will see him run for the first mile wearing a full bomb disposal suit - weighing 5.6 stone - in an attempt to beat the fastest mile in a bomb disposal suit record of seven minutes and 24 seconds which was set by a British Army Solider in 2017.
A BOMB disposal soldier is planning to raise £100,000 for two charities by running, cycling and swimming 1,754 miles in just 26 days. Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Si Hannaford, 42, is taking on the mammoth challenge to swim 21 miles, then cycle 1,000 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats and finally run 733 miles from John O’Groats back to Bicester. Part of the challenge will see him run for the first mile wearing a full bomb disposal suit - weighing 5.6 stone - in an attempt to beat the fastest mile in a bomb disposal suit record of seven minutes and 24 seconds which was set by a British Army Solider in 2017.