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A mother-daughter cake fight is just what the doctor ordered!

Sharon Osbourne is staying strong – in more ways than one. She and daughter Kelly Osbourne decided to get a bit messy and enjoyed an intense cake fight as ambassadors of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life. Sharon shared a photo on her website and Twitter calling on women to help beat the disease.

"I'm honored to be supporting Cancer Research UK's Race for Life again this year," Sharon said in a statement. "Cancer has stolen the lives of so many, but there is something we can do to help change the odds.

A mother-daughter cake fight is just what the doctor ordered! Sharon Osbourne is staying strong - in more ways than one. She and daughter Kelly Osbourne decided to get a bit messy and enjoyed an intense cake fight as ambassadors of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life. Sharon shared a photo on her website and Twitter calling on women to help beat the disease. "I'm honored to be supporting Cancer Research UK's Race for Life again this year," Sharon said in a statement. "Cancer has stolen the lives of so many, but there is something we can do to help change the odds.

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From housework tombola to Race For Life: Sarah explains how she battles mental health problems, one job at a time.

Welcome to Geeks Vs Loneliness, our weekly spot where we talk about issues, problems, stresses and demands that are affecting sometimes a few, sometimes many of us. We try and come up with a few ideas that may be of us too, but as we've always said, we don't - worse luck - have any magical elixir in our cupboard.

This week, we welcome the brilliant Sarah Myers, who will take over the column from here. She wanted to talk about how she finds setting often very small goals helps her. Hopefully, there's something in here that might help you, or someone you know.

Over to Sarah...

I just finished washing the dishes! Can I get a medal?

Okay, so I didn't exactly win gold in an Olympic event,...

Demi Wright's family and friends are in mourning after a bizarre series of events that resulted in the "bubbly, positive and cheerful" 22-year-old from the U.K. dying from an aggressive form of cancer. Wright was admitted to the hospital in November after suffering pains in her side. The source: An undiscovered tumor was emitting hormones similar to those that occur during pregnancy. Things went from confusing to shattering: First admitted to a maternity ward, Wright was then diagnosed with terminal adenocarcinoma and informed that the tumor had spread throughout her entire body. Transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, Wright...

Demi Wright's family and friends are in mourning after a bizarre series of events that resulted in the "bubbly, positive and cheerful" 22-year-old from the U.K. dying from an aggressive form of cancer. Wright was admitted to the hospital in November after suffering pains in her side. The source: An undiscovered tumor was emitting hormones similar to those that occur during pregnancy. Things went from confusing to shattering: First admitted to a maternity ward, Wright was then diagnosed with terminal adenocarcinoma and informed that the tumor had spread throughout her entire body. Transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, Wright...

Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our weekly look at the podcasts from Gcrn, with descriptions and links to each and every one for your audio/visual pleasure!

Gcr – Special Episode – TFG1?s 2012 Trip

This might be the most personal podcast series TFG1Mike has ever done. It is the first ever Gcr spinoff series. Here the adventure of flying back hom to Boston, then driving back to Louisville. TFG1Mike introduces you to his mom Kathy.

Gcr – Special Episode – The Holiday Diary

This was something that TFG1Mike got in an email about twelve years ago. He did not write it, nor does he take credit for it. Enjoy! Read The Story here Happy Holidays from The Gcrn.

Gcr – Special Episode – Rock Sugar’s Don’t Stop The Santa Man...

Over the past couple of days, one video more than any other has taken over the North East. That video, featuring a local musical act called May Arcade has steadily grown to a massive 915k views on the girls’ Youtube account thanks to a blend of genuine musical talent and a comic tilt on the slightly stalkerish pop song.

The videos rise from nowhere has already seen the girls interviewed on local radio, as well as appearing on Australian TV and live in front of a 10,000 or so audience at the Newcastle Race For Life on Sunday. But that’s all by-the-by, as it’s the video itself, and May Arcade’s version of the song that really deserves the focus.

So without further ado, here it is…

Very funny stuff, and you can expect to hear more from the May Arcade girls in the coming days and weeks as the video gets bigger.

Today's celebrity pictures include a thumbs-aloft David Cameron and Team Gb gold medalist Mo Farah performing the 'Mobot' outside 10 Downing Street to discuss the Race For Life campaign which aims to tackle child hunger and malnutrition. Also in the capital, will.i.am and Cheryl Cole dine together at Scott's restaurant, and Professor Green and Millie Mackintosh visit the Puma Yard. David Beckham and his boys Brooklyn and Romeo watch the USA and Spain compete in the men's (more)...

Roxanne Pallett has laughed off reports that she wants a role in Us period drama Mad Men. The former Emmerdale actress, who last weekend ran the Race for Life in Bolton, was recently quoted as saying that she would like to be cast in the hit AMC show. "I never said I wanted a part in Mad Men," Pallett told Digital Spy. "I never said that! I was asked what shows I'm a big fan of and I said Mad Men. No, I they asked me, 'What shows are you watching at the moment?' and I said Mad Men, and I said I'm a big fan of Smash. "The American Sky Atlantic dramas, I really love them. I Sky+ them all and watch them back-to-back because I can't wait a week. I like to watch them in one go." Of whether she planned to move to the Us for her career,...

Roxanne Pallett has said that the upcoming 40th-anniversary Emmerdale live episode will be fantastic. The actress, who next month runs the Race for Life in Bolton, played Jo Sugden (née Stiles) on the show from 2005 to 2008, leaving after her character's domestic abuse storyline with husband Andy (Kelvin Fletcher). Asked how her former co-stars would cope with the first ever live episode of the soap, Pallett told Digital Spy: "I think it'll be fantastic. You've got to remember that soap actors - we're churning out 12 scenes a day. We're doing as much as any drama or any television show. "I think that people underrate soap actors, but we're working jam-packed to churn out six episodes a week. It's such an amazing cast, so they'll be fine, it'll be wonderful." Asked if Jo could ever return (more)...

Heidi Range has confirmed that the current Sugababes are writing new songs in the studio. Speaking to Digital Spy before her Race for Life run in Aintree yesterday (June 24), the longest-serving member of the group said that the current lineup had no plans to release any material in 2012. "We're all writing in the studio anyway," she said. "It's kind of ongoing. But there's no plans to bring anything out this year." Range's current bandmates are Amelle Berrabah and 2009 Eurovision Song Contest singer Jade Ewen. Their last album was 2010's Sweet 7. Asked if she worried about whether her songs would be used for her own solo work, given to the band or used elsewhere, Range added: "We've all always written, I've always done that going into bands when I was 18. "We've written (more)...

Heidi Range, Roxanne Pallett and Christine Bleakley are among the 200,000 women running in this year's Race for Life for Cancer Research UK. Bleakley is running in Blackheath on July 1, the same day that former Emmerdale star Pallett runs with her mother and auntie in Bolton. Range runs today (June 24) at Aintree, near where she grew up. Before their runs, Range and Pallett spoke to Digital Spy about why they decided to join the event, which hopes to raise a total of £55 million, some of which will be donated via Vodafone's JustTextGiving service. "Unfortunately lots of people have been touched by cancer," Range said. "I lost my grandad to cancer, so me and my mum are running the race at Aintree Race Course. "It's a really good cause and hopefully will raise a lot of money. It's in memory to people and hopefully (more)...

We have added a new set of pictures from the event "2012 Race for Life for Cancer Research UK Photocall".Roxanne Pallett, Christine Bleakley, Heidi Range during the 2012 Race for Life for Cancer Research UK presented by Vodafone's JustTextGiving Photocall.Photo copyright by Solarpix / PR Photos. Roxanne Pallett, Christine Bleakley, Heidi Range during the 2012 Race for Life for Cancer Research UK presented by Vodafone's JustTextGiving Photocall.Photo copyright by Solarpix / PR Photos. Roxanne Pallett, Christine Bleakley, Heidi Range during the 2012 Race for Life for Cancer Research UK presented by Vodafone's JustTextGiving Photocall.Photo copyright by Solarpix / PR Photos. Roxanne Pallett during the 2012 Race for Life for Cancer Research UK presented by Vodafone's JustTextGiving Photocall.Photo copyright by Solarpix...

Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent and Emmerdale's Nicola Wheeler have announced their support for this year's Race for Life. The pair, who play Sophie Webster and Nicola King on their respective soaps, are encouraging women to unite and join the fight against cancer by taking part in one of this summer's events. Vincent commented: "Almost everyone's life is touched by cancer at some point, so Cancer Research UK's Race for Life is a brilliant way to get your girls together and make a real difference to help beat this awful disease. "Not only will you have loads of fun, but you will also be joining the biggest fight against cancer this summer."

Wheeler added: "Every two minutes, someone in the UK is told they have cancer and it touches so many lives. I've known far too many people young and old, (more)...

Coronation Street stars Sally Dynevor, Alan Halsall and Jack P. Shepherd have teamed up to show their support for Cancer Research UK's Race for Life. The stars - better known as Sally Webster, Tyrone Dobbs and David Platt on the ITV1 soap - recently posed on the cobbles with the cast of mini-musical Join The Girls, which has been created to raise awareness of the charity project. Join The Girls is a special showcase for Race for Life, starring people who have been touched by cancer. It tells the story of the initiative in less than six minutes and is to be performed in cinemas across the country before various 'chick flicks' in the coming weeks.

Pictured: Alan Halsall, Sally Dynevor and Jack P. Shepherd pose on Coronation Street with the cast of Join The Girls. The efforts of Corrie's (more)...

Lisa Scott-Lee, Sonique and the Cheeky Girls are among the acts featured on a charity single for Cancer Research. Over 20 female celebrities have re-recorded Cyndi Lauper's 1983 hit 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' to launch the charity's Race for Life event. The song also features 2009 X Factor contestant Lucie Jones, ex-Atomic Kitten member Liz McClarnon and former Mis-Teeq (more)...