A WOMAN from Newton Abbot who overcame extensive paralysis and lost loved ones to cancer is limbering up with celebrity dancers for a Guinness World Record attempt at Wembley Stadium in aid of charities close to her heart.

Maxine Hobson’s promising dancing career came to an abrupt end in 1998 when she succumbed to the neurological illness Guillain-Barre Syndrome which paralysed her from the neck down.

Plucky Maxine fought for 12 months to regain her mobility, making a 95 per cent recovery and going on to dance again professionally in 2003.

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