TWO women are preparing to plunge 10,000ft and raise £2,500 in memory of their friend, Emma Harmsworth, who died from breast cancer.

Gemma Steggles, 25, and Nikki Gould, 27, of Brightlingsea, will make a tandem skydive.

Money raised will go to St Helena Hospice, Colchester, which cared for 26-year-old mother-of-one Emma until her death in 2006.

Gemma said: "We just wanted to show our appreciation of how much the hospice did for Emma."

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