The Early Bell: Pubs to ring bells to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer

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Pub bells across the UK will ring out early on March 6th at 6pm as part of a new campaign by Greene King and Macmillan Cancer Support to raise awareness of the one in six men in the UK who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.Greene King and Macmillan have launched the campaign as part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, with the backing of inspirational cancer campaigner, and prostate cancer survivor Errol McKellar.

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00:23The six o'clock bell ring, it becomes a symbol to start this conversation about

00:29early diagnosis. To get men talking, if they're sitting there with a pint and they're having a

00:33conversation, it's fantastic. There's currently over 600,000 men living with prostate cancer.

00:41Where does it stop? Talking, sharing and spreading the word will help us men to come to terms with

00:50this illness. If it's illegal to drive your car without an MOT, well you know what, once a year

00:56I need to MOT my body. And by starting that conversation, if we can go away and help to

01:02save one person, then we've done something.

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