Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn, who was diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours over two years ago, made an emotional plea to Prime Minister Andy Burnham on BBC Breakfast for greater investment in brain cancer research. The 25-year-old, who competed for Scotland in the 50m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, called for a national brain cancer lead to be established, arguing that patients in the UK are missing out on clinical trials available elsewhere in the world.

Goodburn welcomed the Rare Cancers Bill, which became law earlier this year, but said it does not go far enough to help those with brain cancer. The bill covers 14 rare cancer types and creates two new part-time roles, a clinical lead and a research lead, amounting to just 36 days a year between them, which Goodburn argues is nowhere near enough to change treatment for the most deadly of these cancers. He said brain cancer is the biggest killer of patients under 40 and urged the government to act to ease what he called the "unbearable" suffering of patients and families.