Category: Press

Coverage from the Watford Observer: A father-of-one from Bushey has been selected out of thousands of applicants to act as an Olympic torchbearer. For Dan Blake the chance to have such a pivotal role in run up to the games will be particularly poignant, he said, as he will be carrying the torch in memory […]

  Last week Apple boss Steve Jobs passed away from pancreatic cancer – Dr Chris and Dan Blake are featured on This Morning to talk about the symptoms. Often called The Silent Cancer pancreatic cancer has one of the worst cancer survival rates with only 3% of patients living for longer than five years. Watch […]

“It’s something that I think about every day,” Dan Blake tells me. “Is there anything more that I could have done? Certainly, there’s more the doctors could have done …” Dan is remarkably composed for this interview but the emotions are raw and are glimpsed, momentarily. His wife Nicki died from a rare form of pancreatic cancer […]

I am pleased to say that Nicki’s Smile will be featured on Channel 5 News later today at 5pm and 7pm. Please spread the word and tune in!  

“It was a perfect moment, almost.  Our son Josh’s eyes lit up and he hurtled across the amusement park, with me chasing behind. ‘Buzz!’ he shouted.  Next thing, he had his arms clamped round Buzz Lightyear’s Leg. We were at Walt Disney World in Florida, and our boy was having the time of his life. […]