Former Olympian sprinter Beth Dobbin, 32, has written to Andy Burnham demanding more research funding for ME after her life was ripped apart by the illness | The Times | 31 October 2026 (cutting below👇)
#BethDobbin #Olympian #LettertoAndy #mecfs #m/cfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #LongCovid

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Former Olympic sprinter Beth Dobbin, 32, has written to Andy Burnham demanding more research funding for ME after her life was ripped apart by the illness | The Times | 31 October 2026
#BethDobbin #LettertoAndy #mecfs #Covid
and now the follow-up (in today's Times, p11👇):

Sister Faye's fundaising page for more medical research funded by @meresearchuk.bsky.social has now reached the heady heights of £16,605 - donated by 514 supporters. Stuff of legend, thank you!
www.justgiving.com/page/faye-do...
#BethDobbin #LettertoAndy #mecfs #LongCovid #MEResearchUK

Beth's sister Faye ran in the Yorkshire Marathon on 18th October. So far she has raised £16,385 for research into this forgotten illness affecting over 400,000 people in the UK alone. Please help bump her total up a bit more.
www.justgiving.com/page/faye-do...
#BethDobbin #LettertoAndy

This has been the biggest #mecfs story circulating in the UK in the past two weeks. It began with a report from BBC Sport on 17th October and continues to have legs, forgive the pun, until today. #BethDobbin #Olympian #LettertoAndy #m/cfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #LongCovid