THE Macmillan Cancer Relief charity is urging schoolchildren to talk about the illness.
The charity has organised Cancer Talk Week from March 4 to 8 and enlisted the help of cast members from children's TV drama Grange Hill.
Education packs have been provided to schools so that pupils can become better informed and have some of their fears dispelled.
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