Lorraine Kelly breaks down as she embarks on 'really important' career move

Lorraine Kelly is over the moon as she reminisces about singing her "very special song" Love Is All Around to her newborn daughter Rosie 30 years ago.

And now she's crooning the same tune to her one-month-old granddaughter Billie. The TV presenter has even joined forces with Marti Pellow to re-record the beloved song as a charity single with her Change and Check Choir.

Beaming with joy, Lorraine revealed that little Billie is the "bestest thing" inspiring her to ramp up efforts in raising funds and awareness to conquer breast cancer, ensuring it never threatens her precious granddaughter.

"It's fantastic," exclaimed Lorraine, 64, who's embracing her new role as a first-time grandma. "I'm going there this afternoon to make sure Rosie gets a wee sleep and Steve, her partner, has a wee walk out in the fresh air and just to do whatever I can. I would live in the garden, in a hut, just to get cuddles. The best thing in the is just cuddling this wee, tiny, little precious thing."

She added: "I would love her to grow up in a world where she didn't have to worry about breast cancer. That would be the best thing ever. Maybe in her lifetime she's only one month old. The advances that are happening, the science is incredible."

Since 2019, Lorraine has been spearheading the Change and Check campaign, which she initiated alongside her producer Helen Addis, who was diagnosed with grade three invasive breast cancer after finding a lump while showering, reports .

Thousands of changing rooms nationwide are now adorned with informative stickers, thanks to a national sticker campaign aimed at educating women on breast self-examination. The campaign has been a resounding success, with 100 women contacting Lorraine and Helen to say that these stickers were instrumental in the early detection of their cancer, leading to timely treatment.

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For Lorraine and Helen, this initiative is their crowning professional achievement. Lorraine couldn't be prouder, stating: "We love what we do it's a wonderful show. But the thing I'm definitely most proud of is this campaign. It has saved lives and it has the potential to save even more. Every single time we do it, we're finding more women and that is making a difference."

Last year saw a high note when Joss Stone teamed up with Lorraine's Change and Check Choir to drop the hit single 'Golden', which soared up the charts.

Now, Lorraine has joined forces with Marti Pellow following an unexpected meeting on James Martin's Saturday Morning. Reflecting on the collaboration, she said: "Marti always wanted to do something for this special 30th anniversary of Love Is All Around and it just made sense."

Lorraine's singing stint with the Change and Check Choir, comprising breast cancer patients and survivors, struck a deeply emotional chord. Lorraine confessed, "This song is very special to me," and elaborated, "It's like the soundtrack of everybody's life, isn't it? Thirty years ago my Rosie was born and that was our song in many ways. It's a very special song so I had to be part of it."

While discussing her impactful experience with the choir, Lorraine opened up: "The whole thing was very, very emotional. Marti said to me, 'When you record something that means something, something will happen in the room.' I didn't know what he meant, but then I did."

"I broke down in tears during the session," Lorraine admitted. "Marti recorded his bit, then he helped us record our bits, then we all sang it together, just with the piano. I burst into tears, as did so many people, because it was just overwhelming. Marti is so kind."

Though Marti Pellow, the ex-frontman of Wet Wet Wet, has belted out the track numerous times since its 1994 release, performing alongside the choir moved him to tears.

Concerning the heart-wrenching power of music and its connection to personal loss and awareness of cancer, Marti reflected, "If you have a beating heart, why wouldn't you? " He continued passionately, "Especially when you hear the circumstances. Once you come to a certain age in your life, you become very much aware of cancer. There isn't any family that hasn't been touched with that. Whether it's friends or family who have fought the disease or who didn't make it through, you cannot fail to be touched by that."

The recording session turned out to be a tearful tribute as Lorraine Kelly and others remembered loved ones lost to breast cancer. Lorraine, who lost her grandmother Margaret to the illness in 1991, shared: "It was for the people that weren't there. Very sadly, my grandmother Margaret died from breast cancer. It was long ago, but you still remember it."

Lorraine also spoke about the comfort and unity she found in the choir, saying, "We all felt very grateful," and describing the atmosphere as one of sisterhood and compassion: "There was an attitude and there was the fact that we were all doing it together. There was a real sisterhood and an awful lot of kindness and compassion in the room. I wish I could bottle the atmosphere in there and spray it around. It was lovely."

In addition to raising funds, Lorraine and singer Marti Pellow hope their single will lift the spirits across the country. Marti recalls the impact of music from his childhood: "When I was a wee boy, I remember my mam singing and me connecting with her in a way that was quite profound," he said.

"When she was singing she was happy and as a child that spoke to me more than the spoken word did. That's the power of music."

Lorraine concurs on the joy of singing, even at home: "I do sing around the house," she confessed. "I've been singing all the time to Billie. I think it's really important to sing to kids. I'm not a good singer but I can hold a tune and singing makes you feel better."

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