FREE cancer advice and support is coming to the Herefordshire from March 27-28.

Macmillan Cancer Support's mobile service will be visiting the area, with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and provide information. The team encourages anyone with worries relating to cancer to stop by, whether you're living with cancer, or care for someone who is.

Details of the visit:

Tuesday, March 27 - Leominster, Morrisons Barons Cross, Barons Cross Road, HR6 8RH, 9am to 4pm.

Wednesday, March 28 - Hereford, New Market Street, HR4 9HR, 9am to 4pm.

Macmillan Cancer Support is encouraging men to know the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer.

March is prostate cancer awareness month, which highlights the most common cancer in men. More than 47,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year.

Danielle Mellows, a Macmillan Information and support specialist on the unit, says, "Knowing what changes to look for and when to see your doctor could make a real difference. You are not wasting your doctor's time by getting your symptoms checked. The earlier prostate cancer is found, the more likely it is to be successfully treated."

Men are advised to see their doctor if they have any of these symptoms:

• difficulty passing urine and taking a long time

• passing urine more frequently than usual, especially at night

• the feeling of not completely emptying your bladder after you've passed urine

• needing to rush to the toilet to pass urine (urgency)

• blood in the urine or semen

• pain when passing urine or ejaculating (this is rare).

Men aged over 50 or who have a father or brother who has had prostate cancer are more at risk. Black men have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than white men.

Last year, the Macmillan Mobile Information and Support Service – which includes a fleet of six bright green buses – reached 181,334 people across the UK. For further information about Macmillan's mobile information service, and planned visits, go to macmillan.org.uk/mobileinfo

If you are unable to visit the unit but have questions about cancer, visit macmillan.org.uk or call Macmillan free on 0808 808 00 00 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm). You can find out about Macmillan services near you at macmillan.org.uk/in-your-area/choose-location.html