A grieving son from Crawcrook is desperate to carry on his mum's life-saving legacy as an anti-smoking campaigner.
Maggie Bratton was diagnosed with mouth cancer in 2001 at the age of just 45. When she was diagnosed, she stopped smoking and became a powerful voice urging others to ditch the habit and warning of the health dangers.
However, she died of an unrelated illness in April 2020 and now her son Davey has picked up the baton and wants to continue her campaigning and help save lives. Davey, 35, lives in Vancouver, Canada now, but is working with the Fresh campaign group to encourage people to put down their cigarettes for good.
