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Sophie Finnegan

Bishop Auckland mum with incurable cancer raises money to have her own hair made into a wig

A mum from County Durham who was diagnosed with incurable cancer is raising money to have her own hair made into a wig before she loses it during treatment.

Rachel Hodgson, 30, from Witton-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland, was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in May 2017 and had two surgeries to remove it.

She was put in remission in October that year and remained cancer-free until her world came crashing down once again when she was told on Christmas Eve that it had returned.

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