A MOTHER who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer weeks before she was due to fly to Malta for her daughter’s wedding is raising money for alternative treatment in Germany.

Jill Speed, 56, of Elm Court, Worsbrough Dale, found a lump in September, just weeks before she was to fly out to see her daughter Kerry get married.

Kerry, 28, of Sheepcote Walk, Stairfoot, is now trying to raise £20,000 to help pay for treatments in Germany which are not available in England.

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Read more in this week's Barnsley Chronicle, dated November 13