CoppaFeel! charity founder remembered for making the world a ‘better place’

Fearne Cotton, Giovanna Fletcher and Carol Vorderman were among the stars remembering Kris Hallenga, the founder of breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel!.

Ms Hallenga died at the age of 38, having lived with the disease for 15 years.

In 2009 she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer, after being turned away from her GP for more than a year. By the time she was diagnosed, it was terminal.

CoppaFeel! was born in the same year and it became the mission of the charity to educate young people about why they should start checking from a younger age so that all breast cancer is diagnosed early.

Broadcaster, author and podcast host Cotton has been an avid fundraiser for the charity since