Cheryl reveals heartbreaking way Sarah Harding's death changed her outlook on life

Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl Tweedy antecedently opened up astir however the decease of her erstwhile bandmate Sarah Harding wholly changed her outlook connected life

Sarah Harding's decease dramatically changed the mode Cheryl Tweedy looks astatine life.

Manchester fable Sarah, tragically died aged 39 connected September 5, 2021, pursuing a courageous conflict with bosom cancer. Following her diagnosis, Sarah aboriginal confirmed that the illness had precocious to assorted parts of her body. Despite her diagnosis, Sarah continued to enactment connected a combat and updated fans connected her condition.

However, she had initially responded good to attraction but successful a heartbreaking admission, said however Christmas 2020 would beryllium her past Christmas. Sarah had been a portion of Girls Aloud, alongside her bandmates Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts since 2002, dominating the charts with hits specified arsenic The Promise and Something New.

This year, to observe the 20th day of their azygous I'll Stand By You, the girls are re-releasing the way but with a tear-jerking twist. I'll Stand By You (Sarah's edition) has been released contiguous arsenic the authoritative Children In Need single, 2 days earlier Sarah's birthday.

Speaking aft Sarah's death, Cheryl opened up astir however the quality had affected the radical and however Sarah made each subordinate of the chart-mauling set to proceed arsenic a 4 portion without her. In a candid chat with MailOnline, Tweedy admits Sarah's devastating diagnosis brought the radical closer.

Since their disbandment successful 2013, their narration had go fractured, with Sarah and Nadine remaining adjacent friends, portion Cheryl, Nicola and Kimberley stayed successful interaction with 1 another, "A batch of conversations we had earlier she near truly sparked a antithetic position for me, and I'll transportation that," Cheryl told the outlet.

She went connected to say: "She wasn't acceptable to permission and I think, 'well I'm inactive here', I've got the acquisition of beingness to inactive live, and I'll bash it with her successful mind. It does displacement a batch of things successful your ain heart." She told the outlet that pursuing Sarah's loss, the set "appreciate and emotion each different truthful overmuch more". "We ever person loved each other, obviously. But it's conscionable a different, there's a antithetic extent to it each now."

Sarah's past privation had been for the set to circuit again to observe their 20th anniversary, arsenic good arsenic raising captious funds for The Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal. Sarah's representation was kept precise overmuch live connected their tour, The Girls Aloud Show, with her iconic "Take a locomotion connected the chaotic broadside of life," from Something New being played crossed the arenas.

As the set wrapped up their performance, a immense surface appeared connected signifier during The Promise, allowing Sarah to radiance erstwhile again arsenic she belted out: "So present I am, a walking primrose, wondering erstwhile I'm gonna spot you again," arsenic fans and the set cheered for the precocious star. Moments earlier the 4 girls walked disconnected stage, a photograph of Sarah appeared down them alongside the text: "In loving representation of Sarah Nicole Harding. 17.11.81 05.09.2021."

Since her death, Sarah's erstwhile bandmates person raised implicit £1.2million successful assistance of The Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal, successful concern with The Christie Charity. Earlier this year, the Mirror revealed that Sarah's decease could prevention thousands of lives. If a survey launched successful Sarah's representation is successful, says her oncologist Dr Sacha Howell, it could beryllium rolled retired nationwide. Pop-up clinics successful useful spots specified arsenic supermarket car parks would connection women DNA investigating and low-dose mammograms. Unlike regular mammograms, which look for tumours, these analyse bosom density, believed to place those astatine higher hazard of bosom cancer.

If you person been affected by this story, proposal and enactment tin beryllium recovered astatine Breast Cancer Support. The Macmillan Support Line offers confidential enactment to radical surviving with crab and their loved ones. If you request to talk, telephone america connected 0808 808 0000.

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