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Victoria Hulme-Hall had stage 4 bowel cancer and wanted to raise awareness of the disease.

Victoria created 'The Big Bathe' event where people swim off West Wittering beach in Sussex for charity.

She took part in the first Big Bathe in 2022, just a few months before she died, where they raised nearly £70,000 for charity.

Victoria’s sister Georgie is continuing the tradition and held the Big Bathe 2023 in September, raising another £50,000 for Bowel Cancer UK and St Wilfrid’s Hospice.

She told 5 Live's Clare McDonnell: "We think of Victoria every second, every moment and there are silver linings and we get by.

"I very much use swimming as a coping mechanism."

Victoria was very close to Dame Deborah James from the You Me and the Big C Podcast and the two would text regularly. Dame Deborah died from bowel cancer in June 2022.

Georgie said: "Deborah provided a lot of hope and inspiration to Victoria.

"She [Victoria] just felt less lonely joining this small community of bowel cancer sufferers."

This clip was originally from 5 Live Drive on 8 September 2023.

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