Premiership: Redknapps splash out for cancer awareness

Harry and Jamie Redknapp have shared a bath to help raise awareness of men's cancer.

Former West Ham manager Harry and his son, the Liverpool captain, jumped in a tub in Regent's Park, London.

They are supporting the Cancer Research Campaign's call to men to be aware of the symptoms and signs associated with prostate and testicular cancer.

The charity wants men to check their testicles regularly for unfamiliar lumps when having a bath or shower.

Jamie said: "I'm going to put up a sign for my fellow players in the showers as a reminder to the lads to regularly check themselves. I think we have a sensible bunch who will hopefully take notice."

He said awareness of testicular cancer had been raised when Millwall striker Neil Harris and Celtic player Alan Stubbs were both diagnosed with the disease.

He said: "I would like to say to young men that they should not be embarrassed about checking themselves.

"Testicular cancer mainly affects men between the ages of 20 and 29 and so it really is a matter of life or death."

Harry said: "I think men are afraid to go to the doctor because they don't want bad news, or they just dismiss a lump as a little hernia or something else. But once you get any kind of symptom you really need to go and get it sorted. The quicker you get treatment the better the chance you have of getting cured.

"Prostate cancer tends to affect men of my generation, which is why I got involved in the campaign."