Teenage cancer survivor starts Race for Life

A teenager who was saved from cancer by a stem cell transplant stepped up on stage to make an emotional speech after the toughest year of her life.

Natalie Smith, 19, was chosen as the VIP starter yesterday for Race for Life Pretty Muddy Glasgow, a 5km obstacle course, to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

More than 3,600 people took part in the event at Pollok Park.

Ms Smith, who lost her father Kevin to the devastating disease, sounded the start horn to kick off the race on what would have been his birthday.