DAREDEVIL mum, Lois Cullum, thanked the charity that helped her win her fight against cancer by leaping out of a plane in a sponsored parachute jump.

The 25-year-old from Kidderminster was joined by her sister, Anita, 36, and together they raised £1,000 for the Get A Head charity - previously spearheaded by entertainer, Roy Castle, who died of lung cancer.

Miss Cullum, of Northumberland Avenue, who has a four-year-old daughter and works at The Range store at Crossley Park, was diagnosed a year ago with cancer of the thyroid.

She was treated at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital with radioactive iodine, during which she was helped by the charity's website and support group.

Mother-of-three Mrs Jones, a registered childminder, of St John's Avenue, said they were pleased to have been able to raise the money to give something back.