内容摘要：It’s evidence that relations which seemed to be progressing just two months ago, appear to have now hit a significant roadblock.

It’s evidence that relations which seemed to be progressing just two months ago, appear to have now hit a significant roadblock.

She added: "I’m so grateful that I had that reaction to my treatment, which ended up saving my life."A team of teachers will attempt the Welsh Three Peaks challenge to raise funds for a charity supporting a teenager living with cancer.

Thomas, 15, from Bristol, is halfway through two years of intensive treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after being diagnosed last summer.Sixteen teachers and staff from Mangotsfield School were brought together by assistant head, Gareth John, who said it is a "challenging time" for the family.Thomas' mother Shelley, who is also a teacher at Mangotsfield School, said: “For the school to do something like this is incredible."

"Getting that diagnosis was just devastating for my husband Ben and I," she said."It’s hard to put it into words how we felt at that moment when every possible worse scenario you can imagine goes through your head.

“But it’s the most common cancer in children and the most treatable and Thomas has been given a 99% chance of survival.”

The team hope to complete the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge - a lesser known version of the National or Yorkshire Challenges - within 12 to 18 hours.Southeastern, which also runs services to East Sussex, said from 18 May it would be introducing the new timetable, which it hoped would support further growth and space for an extra 10 million customer journeys during the next 12 months.

Scott Brightwell, Southeastern's operations and safety director, said: "Our railway is growing. The changes we're introducing this May will deliver more space where it's needed most and newer, more comfortable air-conditioned trains."We're also working to improve on-time running and reliability to keep cancellations among the lowest in the country."

More connections are being added for the stations between Ashford International and Maidstone East to Charing Cross, and there will be more calls at East Malling and Barming stations in the late afternoon and early evening to meet increasing demand.More carriages are also being added to key peak services including the 05:46 Dover Priory to London Victoria, 07:02 Ramsgate to Cannon Street and 07:50 Sevenoaks to Charing Cross.