"I'm convinced sunbathing caused my cancer..."

Feb 23, 2015, 02:00 PM

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, February 2015)

A BBC Radio Stoke journalist who survived skin cancer is warning sun bed users to be aware of the dangers.

Laura May McMullan was one of 11 thousand people diagnosed with malignant melanoma in the UK last year.

Rates of the disease quadrupled in the last 30 years - a faster rise than any other cancer.

She told EMMA THOMAS how the diagnosis changed her life...