Former Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn is backing a fundraiser for a sick mum who advised her on the Sinead Tinker cancer storyline.
Alison Melville initially beat breast cancer after going through chemotherapy during pregnancy – just like Corrie’s Sinead.
After giving birth to a healthy girl, she shared her ordeal with Katie to help raise awareness of mums to be who are battling cancer.
Four years on, her cancer has returned in her brain and spine – and in a tragic echo of Sinead’s storyline she has been told it can’t be cured.
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