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South Wales Argus
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor fears 'life is too short'
The soap legend has played the iconic Sally Webber (also Seddon and Metcalfe) on the cobbles for nearly 40 years. Like her on-screen Weatherfield character, she too battled breast cancer 15 years ago. Reflecting on her experiences with her husband, 63-year-old writer and actor Tim Dynevor, who is also a cancer survivor, Sally told The Mirror: "Going through something like that makes you want to embrace life all the more. Remembering that time today when Sally Webster and Kevin Webster both got really into litter picking on Corrie — Corrieposting (@Corrieposting) June 16, 2025 "We'd love to do more travelling. We're trying really hard to just do lots of lovely things while we can. You just don't know what's round the corner, do you? That's why we've decided we should do a couple of our bucket list things." Highlighting a shift in perspective on life's indulgences, she remarked: "We all put stuff off and think 'it's too expensive, I'm not going to do that.' But we're in our 60s now and this is the time to be doing these things. "Obviously, I'm not getting the stories that I used to get, but when I do get a story, I really look forward to doing it and really enjoy it." Recommended reading: She remains a pivotal figure on the show, and her zest for life only grows stronger off-screen. A dedicated breast cancer campaigner, she's gearing up for an ambitious week-long hike up Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa's tallest peak – this September, joined by her 28-year-old son Sam, who works in PR, to support Prevent Breast Cancer. "I am quite nervous about it," Sally confesses. "We're camping in the middle of nowhere and it's very cold when you get up to the top. "But I'm determined and I'm definitely going to do my very best to get to the summit. I know people struggle with altitude sickness, but we've got a great guide and I think it's important to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Life is exciting when you challenge yourself. It's a big wide world out there."
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Study reveals best way to communicate link between alcohol and breast cancer
A new study has revealed the best way to communicate the link between alcohol and breast cancer. The research, undertaken by Oxford Brookes University which has a campus in Swindon, and funded by the charity Prevent Breast Cancer, focused on women aged 40 to 65 in the UK. It found that many women in this group were unaware of the connection between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. Read more: 250-year-old Wiltshire estate launches summer adventure series The study, titled 'Rethinking the message on alcohol and breast cancer with UK women: a Delphi study', was published in the journal Health Promotion International. It involved a three-stage process, which began with a survey of 260 women, followed by seven online focus groups and a collaborative workshop. The study's lead author, Dr Emma Davies, said: "We often think of alcohol as causing liver disease, but there's plenty of research showing that drinking alcohol can lead to seven types of cancer, including breast cancer. "Evidence shows that people who are aware of the link between alcohol and cancer are more supportive of stronger and more effective alcohol policy. "This means that raising awareness isn't just about individual behaviour change, it is about changing how we think about alcohol at all levels of society." The study found that several factors, including cultural norms, mistrust of official messaging, psychological defence mechanisms, and stigma, reduced the effectiveness of health warnings. Fear-based messaging was also found to be counterproductive, as it often led to denial rather than proactive change. Dr Davies said: "It's clear that fear, blame and shame don't work when it comes to raising awareness of the risks associated with drinking alcohol. "Cutting back on alcohol can help to reduce the chance of getting cancer, but can also give us plenty of other benefits, such as better sleep and improved mood." The study concluded that narrative-based framing, using personal stories from peers who have experienced breast cancer, was more effective than stark statistics or scare tactics. Messages were most accepted when framed positively, highlighting how reducing drinking can empower women and protect their health, rather than through guilt or blame. Dr Davies added: "Importantly, we need a clear and evidence-based alcohol policy to reduce risks across the population. Read more: WHSmith shops to be renamed as firm sells up at cut price "We need to understand why people drink and what the emotional and cultural barriers are to giving up or cutting down. "We hope our study will equip policymakers, charities, clinicians, and health communicators with an evidence-based roadmap to reshape prevention campaigns and reduce alcohol-related harms, including breast cancer and other cancer cases." For more information and advice on alcohol and cancer, visit the World Cancer Research Fund's Cancer Prevention Action Week page.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
ITV's Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor fears 'life is too short'
Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor is planning to make a big change with her husband Tim as she fears 'life is too short'. The soap legend has played the iconic Sally Webber (also Seddon and Metcalfe) on the cobbles for nearly 40 years. Like her on-screen Weatherfield character, she too battled breast cancer 15 years ago. Reflecting on her experiences with her husband, 63-year-old writer and actor Tim Dynevor, who is also a cancer survivor, Sally told The Mirror: "Going through something like that makes you want to embrace life all the more. Remembering that time today when Sally Webster and Kevin Webster both got really into litter picking on Corrie — Corrieposting (@Corrieposting) June 16, 2025 "We'd love to do more travelling. We're trying really hard to just do lots of lovely things while we can. You just don't know what's round the corner, do you? That's why we've decided we should do a couple of our bucket list things." Highlighting a shift in perspective on life's indulgences, she remarked: "We all put stuff off and think 'it's too expensive, I'm not going to do that.' But we're in our 60s now and this is the time to be doing these things. "Obviously, I'm not getting the stories that I used to get, but when I do get a story, I really look forward to doing it and really enjoy it." Recommended reading: Ryanair issues warning to passengers over 'free' hand luggage rule NatWest offering certain customers £85 cash and £3,250 interest-free overdraft All Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale TV schedule changes next week She remains a pivotal figure on the show, and her zest for life only grows stronger off-screen. A dedicated breast cancer campaigner, she's gearing up for an ambitious week-long hike up Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa's tallest peak – this September, joined by her 28-year-old son Sam, who works in PR, to support Prevent Breast Cancer. "I am quite nervous about it," Sally confesses. "We're camping in the middle of nowhere and it's very cold when you get up to the top. "But I'm determined and I'm definitely going to do my very best to get to the summit. I know people struggle with altitude sickness, but we've got a great guide and I think it's important to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Life is exciting when you challenge yourself. It's a big wide world out there."
Daily Mirror
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Corrie's Sally Dynevor explains she and husband Tim are making huge change
Sally has played Sally Metcalfe on Coronation Street for almost 40 years, admitting she's " not getting the stories that I used to get" but reveals she and real life husband Tim have bigger ambitions Corrie stalwart Sally Dynevor has an uncanny amount in common with her Weatherfield character - starting with sharing the same name. Like Weatherfield's Sally Metcalfe, she was diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago - so she was going through the experience both on and off screen. And like the interfering knicker factory supervisor, who she will have played for four decades next year, she is devoted to her real-life husband, writer and actor Tim Dynevor, 63. Like Sally and her screen hubby, another Tim (Metcalfe) - who are considering fostering on the soap - in real life the Dynevors are keen to enjoy new experiences and take on exciting challenges. Not least because they are both cancer survivors - after Tim, 63, was diagnosed in 2023 and, thankfully, like Sally, made a full recovery. Emmerdale star loses 4 stone as lifestyle change reverses major health issue Determined to make the most of every moment, earlier this year, they enjoyed a dream holiday - from their 'bucket list' wish list - to Japan. 'Going through something like that makes you want to embrace life all the more,' Sally tells The Mirror. 'We'd love to do more travelling. We're trying really hard to just do lots of lovely things while we can. 'You just don't know what's round the corner, do you? That's why we've decided we should do a couple of our bucket list things. 'We all put stuff off and think 'it's too expensive, I'm not going to do that.' But we're in our 60s now and this is the time to be doing these things.' As Sally, whose storylines over the years have included fights, affairs and even a stint in prison after being wrongly convicted of fraud, fulfils her dreams off-screen, she admits that she is getting fewer of the dramatic Corrie stories these days. She says: 'Obviously, I'm not getting the stories that I used to get, but when I do get a story, I really look forward to doing it and really enjoy it.' But, despite reaching her 60s, she remains an important character and when she is not working, her sense of adventure has increased with age. An avid breast cancer fundraiser, she is planning a daunting week-long trek climbing Mount Kilimanjaro - the highest mountain in Africa - in September, alongside her 28 year-old son Sam, a PR, in aid of Prevent Breast Cancer. 'I am quite nervous about it,' Sally admits. 'We're camping in the middle of nowhere and it's very cold when you get up to the top. 'But I'm determined and I'm definitely going to do my very best to get to the summit. I know people struggle with altitude sickness, but we've got a great guide and I think it' s important to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Life is exciting when you challenge yourself. It's a big wide world out there.' On her last major climb to Everest base camp for the charity, in 2019 - a challenge that raised £100,000 - at 5,364 metres Sally was taken ill, with altitude sickness. 'It was tough and I was six years younger then,' she says. 'We walked up to the top of Mount Kawakita during the night, so we could see Everest in the morning. Walking back down I was delirious. 'I didn't know where I was, I couldn't breathe properly and every step felt like walking on the moon. I could hear people around me saying: 'get her back down,' 'don't let her go to sleep.' And all I wanted to do was sleep.' Altitude sickness, which happens when people quickly climb to a place higher than 2,500 metres above sea level, causes symptoms including sickness, exhaustion, confusion, dizziness, sleepiness and shortage of breath and can be life-threatening. But Sally - devoted to fundraising for Prevent Breast Cancer - is undeterred, saying: 'It's the only charity in Europe committed solely to predicting and preventing breast cancer. 'We're currently building a training hospital at the Nightingale Centre where we train radiographers for screenings and mammograms, so they can go and work around the country because there's a shortage. 'We need to be preventing these diseases, not living with the consequences when they've happened.' Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, ironically at the same time that her Corrie character had the disease, Sally had a lumpectomy and six months of chemotherapy before making a full recovery. But she says it was also very difficult for her family. She says: 'That's one of the worst things – the impact on families. It affects everyone in your circle.' Discussing both herself and Tim getting the all-clear after cancer, she adds: 'You walk out and you just feel so grateful. 'While it's been awful, we look at in a positive way and think 'we've both been through it now, that's our blip.' Hopefully now we'll live long and happy lives, with nothing more happening to us.' Also parents to Phoebe, 30, and Hattie, 21, who are both actors, Phoebe won a BAFTA Rising Star nomination last year, starred in the first two series of the period drama Bridgerton and is currently filming alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Ashley Walters in the upcoming film Remain, while Hattie starred in Waterloo Road. Meanwhile, Sally is looking forward to celebrating 40 years on the Cobbles in 2026 - and she has dropped big hints at her screen daughters making a comeback. She says: 'It's a very different show now to the show I started in; it's a much bigger cast, but I still love it and I still get excited.' Still in touch with her Corrie daughters Helen Flanagan (Rosie) who left the show in 2018, and Brooke Vincent (Sophie) who departed the following year, she says: 'I've always wanted them to come back, so I'd be thrilled. 'It would be great if they came back at Christmas, even if it's just for Christmas Day – just to have them around the table again would be wonderful. So, I'm hoping that might happen, you never know.' Currently involved in a fostering storyline with Tim, while she is enjoying the plot, there is no danger of her following suit in real life She laughs: 'I looked after my niece's two little boys recently. They're seven and four and Tim and I were exhausted. 'They were so much fun, but we'd both forgotten how tiring young children are. We lay on the sofa shattered after they left!'
Wales Online
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor living life to the fullest after beating cancer
Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor living life to the fullest after beating cancer The Coronation Street actress was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 Sally Dynevor made her Corrie debut back in 1986 (Image: Karwai Tang, WireImagevia Getty Images ) Sally Dynevor's cancer experience has made her embrace life more. The Coronation Street actress was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 - when her character on the ITV1 soap Sally Webster also learnt she had the disease, who has since recovered - but after having a lumpectomy and six months of chemotherapy, she made a full recovery. Sally's 63-year-old husband, actor Tim Dynevor, was diagnosed with cancer in 2023 and is now cancer-free, and now the pair are making sure to fill their life with adventure. In an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper, she said: "Going through something like that makes you want to embrace life all the more. "We'd love to do more travelling. We're trying really hard to just do lots of lovely things while we can. "You just don't know what's around the corner, do you? That's why we've decided we should do a couple of our bucket list things. Article continues below "We all put stuff off and think, 'It's too expensive, I'm not going to do that.' "But we're in our 60s now and this is the time to be doing these things." The 62-year-old star - who raised £100,000 for Prevent Breast Cancer after she trekked up to Mount Everest base camp, Nepal, in 2019 - feels "nervous" ahead of her mammoth challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, in October with her 28-year-old son Sam, in aid of the charity. She said: "I am quite nervous about it. We're camping in the middle of nowhere and it's very cold when you get up to the top. "But I'm determined and I'm definitely going to do my very best to get to the summit. "I know people struggle with altitude sickness, but we've got a great guide and I think it's important to push yourself out of your comfort zone. "Life is exciting when you challenge yourself. It's a big wide world out there." Sally said her cancer diagnosis in 2009 affected Tim, Sam and her daughters, Phoebe, 30, and Hattie, 21. The 2022 Dancing on Ice contestant admitted: "That's one of the worst things - the impact on families. It affects everyone in your circle." And Sally hopes she and Tim will now have good health for the rest of their lives. The star said: "You walk out and you just feel so grateful. "While it's been awful, we look at it in a positive way and think, 'We've both been through it now, that's our blip.' Article continues below "Hopefully now we'll live long and happy lives, with nothing more happening to us."
