Kidney disease is a silent killer. There are three million people in the UK with it right now and there is no cure.

Scores of Kidney Research UK supporters took to the streets of London on Sunday to take part in the charity’s iconic London Bridges Walk fundraising event.

Six-year old Kayla Brass has had her long hair cut off to raise money for Kidney Research UK, and in memory of her grandad.

Scientists from the University of Sheffield and the USA are developing a new class of drugs to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), which is a major cause of kidney failure.