A woman is running the London Marathon for her ex-boyfriend - after admitting she left him because she couldn't cope with his cancer battle. Danielle Epstein, 32, said she ''felt like the most awful person leaving somebody because they have cancer''.
Her ex Jelle Fresen was diagnosed with a grade 4 medulloblastoma in September 2022 when he was 37. The couple were buying a house in London when Jelle, who works as a Google software engineer, suffered dizzy spells and vomiting.
He was diagnosed and Jelle had to re-learn to walk after an operation and also had radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The tumour type is so rarely seen in adults it is among the least well understood, and the prognosis is variable.
