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Kaitlin Easton & edinburghlive Administrator

Free Edinburgh ScotRail travel gesture for family of woman with terminal cancer

The family of an RAF nurse diagnosed with terminal cancer say they have been “touched” after Scotland’s national rail operator offered them free travel for part of their journey to continue visiting her at home.

Helen Crawford was given the devastating diagnosis of incurable secondary breast cancer for the third time in December.

Sister Emma Smith and parents Lorraine and Kenny have made frequent trips to the 39-year-old, based in Lincolnshire, as part of a near-600 mile round trip.

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