Cancer: 'Running is a great form of therapy'

When Paul Archer, from Stoke Newington, north London, was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in 2017 he feared he may not have long to live. 

Doctors successfully removed the tumour and now the 55-year-old is raising money to support the hospitals that helped save him. 

On Sunday, he joins up to 25,000 runners in London’s largest half marathon - the Hackney Half.