Twin sisters recover from cancer

Leigh discovered a lump in January 2007

A pair of identical twins from Somerset discovered they had breast cancer within eight weeks of one another.

Experts told Leigh and Nicola Baker, from Minehead, they had "more chance of winning the lottery twice" than receiving the news.

Leigh, then 25, found a lump in January 2007, and eight weeks later Nicola also discovered a growth.

Both are now officially cancer-free, and work as grooms in a National Hunt racing yard near their homes.

Leigh, now 27, said: "We [were] told we've got more chance of winning the lottery twice.

Cancer spread

"Because we were identical, they said [Nicola] has got to go in and get checked. But we didn't expect to find it within a couple of months."

Leigh discovered the lump in January 2007. By May 2007 the cancer had spread, leading to her needing a mastectomy followed by chemotherapy.

Nicola only discovered cancer due to her sister's diagnosis

Nicola also had to have a mastectomy, but because her cancer was caught early she did not have to endure chemotherapy.

Nicola is now mother to eight-month-old Amelia, while Leigh is expecting her first child shortly.

Both are now campaigning with their father, 55-year-old Terry Baker, from Bideford in Devon, in urging the government to change guidelines for cancer referral in women under 30.