HULL city centre was awash with pink today as over 3,000 women gathered to take part in Race for Life.
The three-mile race returned to the city centre today after a number of years out at Costello Stadium in west Hull.
The race was opened by Lord Mayor of Hull Nadine Fudge and Miss Teen Great Britain, Jessica Turner, from Newport who was also running the event in memory of her grandma, Pauline.
Women and children braved the blistering temperatures to either run, jog or walk, the five kilometre route starting in Queen's Gardens.
First past the finishing line was 10-year-old Grace Sullivan from Lincolnshire.
Grace said: "My grandma died from cancer when I was little and all I have of her is a photograph of her holding me when I was a baby.
"My uncle also died of cancer, so I wanted to raise money in his memory too."
The Hull event is expected to have raised over £135,000 for Cancer Research UK.
The three-mile race returned to the city centre today after a number of years out at Costello Stadium in west Hull.
The race was opened by Lord Mayor of Hull Nadine Fudge and Miss Teen Great Britain, Jessica Turner, from Newport who was also running the event in memory of her grandma, Pauline.
Women and children braved the blistering temperatures to either run, jog or walk, the five kilometre route starting in Queen's Gardens.
First past the finishing line was 10-year-old Grace Sullivan from Lincolnshire.
Grace said: "My grandma died from cancer when I was little and all I have of her is a photograph of her holding me when I was a baby.
"My uncle also died of cancer, so I wanted to raise money in his memory too."
The Hull event is expected to have raised over £135,000 for Cancer Research UK.
