Cancer patient backs tolls campaign

A CANCER patient who has to cross the Humber Bridge for treatment is giving her support to the Scunthorpe Telegraph's campaign to reduce Humber Bridge tolls.

Margaret Ashton, of Scunthorpe, is backing the A Toll Too Far campaign, run by the Scunthorpe Telegraph along with its sister titles on the north and south banks.

She said: "I am 100 per cent behind the campaign. I am fighting for hospital patients who cannot afford.

"The treatment for cancer is a long process and it costs a lot of money, petrol and time.

"And some of the hospitals charge a lot of money for parking, which is very expensive."

Mrs Ashton, who is a pensioner, was diagnosed in October last year, with aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is a cancer which attacked her nose and throat.

For the past few weeks, she has had to fork out £5.40 a day to cross the Humber Bridge, to receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment at Castle Hill Hospital in Hull.

The Humber Bridge Board want to increase tolls from £2.70 to £2.90 each way for cars and from £18.30 to £19.90 each for the heaviest lorries.

A public inquiry was carried out earlier this month, forced by the A Toll Too Far campaign which has so far been backed by more than 10,000 people have signed a petition.

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