KIDDERMINSTER sisters who lost their mother to bowel cancer in 2014 have raised thousands after completing a mammoth jogging challenge.

Harriett Moore and Esther Mortimer jogged more than 150 miles in May as part of BowelBabe Fund's Jog 31 Challenge for Cancer Research UK.

Harriett, the ICT Operations manager and DofE assistant manager at Holy Trinity School in Kidderminster, said she wanted to raise awareness of bowel cancer in memory of her mother Jane Morris, a teacher at the school.

Prior to the jogging challenge, Harriett said: “We were both pupils at Holy Trinity and our mum, Jane Morris, was a home economics and textiles teacher, so many of the staff remember her and have donated their support and we’re also hoping the local community and those that knew our mum will get behind us and help raise as much money as we can.”

Harriett, who completed the charity challenge with her inflatable flamingo Fae, raised more than £2,000 as part of the challenge.

She said: "Esther started running very seriously, she took on the challenge to run at least 100 miles in May challenge which she surpassed and I completed some 30 miles dressed as a flamingo."

Speaking about her mother's bowel cancer, she added: "She hadn't noticed any symptoms before she was diagnosed, and the cancer was advanced by that point. My mother always maintained after her diagnosis that there seemed to be a lot of awareness of other cancers, but that bowel cancer was rarely discussed."

The Bowelbabe Fund was started to continue the work of campaigner Dame Deborah James, who passed away in 2022, aged 40.