Leanne Shields says she has a new outlook on life after surviving cervical cancer.
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A woman has told of her relief at getting the all-clear after being diagnosed with cervical cancer during lockdown.
Leanne Shields said being handed the news on her birthday in October and her subsequent treatment had given her a new outlook on life and an enthusiasm to get out there and live it .
Miss Shields, from Burgh Castle, is now infertile and going through the menopause as a result of treatment and has become a passionate advocate for the NHS screening programme which could have picked up abnormalities in her cervix had she attended.
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7:00 AM March 12, 2021
Team Raven at the Weston Air Festival and Armed Forces Weekend before coronavirus hit the UK.
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Weston Air Festival and Armed Forces Day has been cancelled this year, but a plethora of events are lined up in its place this summer in preparation for restrictions lifting in the coming months.
Events planned for the height of the tourism season include the Great Weston Ride - a city-to-coast bike ride through the Mendips and across the Somerset Levels - the hugely popular three-day Real Ale and Cider Festival run by Weston Lions on the Beach Lawns, Trucks @ The Beach Show and the Vintage Bus Rally.