One woman is taking to the streets in the fight against ovarian cancer.

Sally Hancox, 55, of Winterbourne Abbas, was diagnosed with the disease in October 2017, and is taking part in the Ovarian Cancer Walk | Run 2018, which aims to raise awareness and funds and help women with the disease to be diagnosed earlier - potentially saving their lives.

Mrs Hancox, who will be taking part in the event in London on October 13 with her husband, said that before her diagnosis, she had been ignorant of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.

"Instead, I assumed the issues I was having were down to the menopause or IBS," she said.

"I want to make sure other women are aware of the symptoms and have the confidence to alert their GP, because lives can be saved by early diagnosis. We can spread the word together by signing up for the Ovarian Cancer Walk.”

According to charity Target Ovarian Cancer, 11 women die every day from ovarian cancer - yet only one per cent of women in England can name a key symptom of the disease - namely, needing to urinate more often or more urgently.

"Awareness of all four main symptoms of ovarian cancer – a bloated tummy, feeling full, tummy pain and needing to wee more – is alarmingly low across the UK, leaving women without crucial knowledge that could save lives," Target Ovarian Cancer said.

"For the event, groups can walk or run for a distance of either 5 or 10 kilometers with friends, family, pets – and, most importantly, hundreds of others whose lives have been touched by ovarian cancer," the charity added.

Target Ovarian Cancer’s director of fundraising, Susan Booth, said: “We’ve been campaigning for awareness for ten years now, more recently with our TAKE OVAR campaign.

"The Ovarian Cancer Walk/Run will be an incredible day for families and friends to get together to change the future for women with ovarian cancer. Awareness is alarmingly low across the UK and it’s time to take over and save lives.”

To register and find out more, visit targetovariancancer.org.uk/Walk or search ‘Target Ovarian Cancer Walk’ online.