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Rikki Loftus & Arike Idris & Chloe Burrell

Mum given all-clear and second chance at life after terminal cancer diagnosis

A mother, who was in the process of planning her own funeral following her terminal cancer diagnosis, was given a second chance at life after medics gave her the all-clear.

Tasha Thor-Straten, 49, was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer in January 2017.

One minute, she was settling into her new home in Essex with her fiancé Russ Parker, 47, and their blended family of five children.

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