Barber's Marathon for Colitis: Tyler's Fight

0:00It's April 12th. This is Lester News today, driven by AI. Tyler Smith, the 29-year-old barber from Lester, made ways on the 2025 series of The Traders, but got betrayed by his. Friends and booted from the castle before grabbing that big cash prize. Away from the drama, he's one of over half a million brits battling inflammatory bowel disease, specifically ulcerative colitis. He started showing symptoms at 19, with brutal stomach pains and major weight loss, but his doctor first brushed it off as a stomach bug. After pushing back and getting a colonoscopy, he finally got diagnosed with his lifelong condition that causes ulcers in the colon and rectum. On the show, Tyler relied on the BBC's welfare team to handle his meds and dodge any flare-ups, and they nailed it. He opened up to fellow contestants about his pain when he hit, and they rallied around him, cheering him on for not letting colitis sideline his game. Now he's gearing up for the London Marathon on April 26 to raise funds for Crohn's and

1:01colitis UK, the very charity that helped him years. Ago, when he called their help line during a rough weekend. Training's been brutal with constant fatigue from his illness, but Tyler's fired up knowing it'll support others facing the same fight, turning his. Personal struggle into real help for the community.