WATCH: Charity duck race brings bright spot to soggy bank holiday

Welshpool firefighters opened their fire station to the public on Monday before taking to the water with hundreds of plastic ducks.

The Montgomery Canal just a few hundred yards from the fire station was the venue for the race with the bobbing bright yellow ducks venturing under the road bridge to the wharf in a race to the finish line.

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Proceeds from the fundraiser were in aid of the Children with Cancer Charity and the Fire Fighters charity.

The day was supported by 11-year old Bethan Evans and her family.

The 11-year-old from Mid Wales has just been told that she is in remission after battling bone cancer for the last five years.

Bethan, from Llangadfan, underwent a remarkable operation involving two hospitals when she was just six years old.

She underwent an eight-hour operation at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, which involved surgeons removing the bone from her left arm and shoulder before taking it in an ambulance across the city to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

There it was treated to kill off the cancerous cells before being returned to be painstakingly reattached.

Years of follow-up treatment have continued but her family say they have now been given the news that Bethan is in remission.

She and her family have themselves raised tens of thousands of pounds for cancer charities and were thrilled that the open day and duck race at Welshpool Fire Station was raising funds for Children with Cancer.

Bethan’s mum Lynne said: “Bethan was diagnosed in 2012 with Ewing’s Sarcoma which is a type of bone cancer that affected her arm.

“She received chemotherapy to shrink the tumour and had surgery to remove it. we are delighted to be part of such an event in Welshpool to help raise money for similar cases.”