A HAMPSHIRE MP is backing the fight against breast cancer after signing up to take part in a flagship fundraising campaign.

Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey and Southampton North and a regular Andover Advertiser columnist, will take part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s Wear It Pink day next week.

The theme of the day this year is to “look good, do good” in support of breast cancer research.

Friday, 24 October will see people across the country come together to find fun and stylish ways to wear pink in the office, at home or at school. Donations raised by the fashion-inspired event will help the national charity fund lifesaving breast cancer research.

Ms Nokes said: “Every year in the UK around 50,000 women and 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly, 12,000 women and 80 men die from this disease each year.

“This is why we need to support Breast Cancer Campaign’s fundraising efforts to support world-class breast cancer research that saves and improves lives, giving people quicker diagnoses and more effective treatments.”

For more information, or to register for wear it pink and receive your fundraising pack, visit wearitpink.

org.uk.