Overview

• Paula Hudgell announced on Instagram that her bowel cancer has spread to her lung, confirming a stage four diagnosis.
• She will commence intensive chemotherapy in ten days to combat the disease.
• Hudgell pledged that the Tony Hudgell Foundation’s family trips and fundraising efforts for vulnerable children will carry on without interruption.
• Since his 2016 adoption by Paula and Mark after life-threatening abuse and bilateral amputations, ten-year-old Tony has raised over £1.8 million for children’s charities and won a Pride of Britain award.
• Paula’s advocacy led to the 2022 enactment of Tony’s Law, which increased maximum prison terms for those who cause or allow serious harm or death to a child.