A MOTHER of three is taking on the biggest challenge of her life by swimming the Channel this September.

Fleur Hawthorne, who works at Brockhampton Court Nursing Home, near Fownhope, plans to swim the English Channel to raise money for It’s in the Bag cancer charity and the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity.

She is also holding a fundraising event at Orles Barn in Ross-on-Wye on July 7. To find out more go to www.fleursbigswim.co.uk