Patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital had a huge treat yesterday with a visit from Kermit & Miss Piggy, who were visiting London for the glamorous gala screening of their new film The Muppets. The visit to the hospital brought with it an extra special screening of the new Muppets film, allowing patients to see it a whole two weeks before it hits cinemas.

Excited patients arrived early for the film and were surprised with a Q & A from Kermit and Miss Piggy themselves, introduced by the film’s director James Bobin, who had dedicated 2 years to getting the legendary characters to the big screen.

My daughter Maisey had been having some specialist treatment for some complex digestive issues, and last February I was scrolling through the Great Ormond Street Hospital website to find some information, but I came away signing up for the Inca Trail Trek 2011.

Our daughter Millie was born with a large birthmark that covered the lower part of her face, neck and part of her chest. She began to have problems with feeding and was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) at only 17 days old to see the specialists on the Dermatology unit.

New research carried out by a team at the UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital’s research partner, has added weight to the argument in favour of genetic testing of children before they are treated with certain antibiotics.

In September this year myself and 40 of my friends will be taking the plunge and jumping out of a plane for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. I’ve got so many mixed emotions about it! I’m really, really looking forward to it but on the other hand jumping 10’000ft – yikes!

Stephen, 8, was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, as his dad Tony explains: “In July 2010, Stephen was complaining of things in parts of his body, particularly his thigh. I took him to the GP who examined him. He had a blood test but it came back with nothing. Then Stephen couldn’t even bear weight on his leg. He naturally likes school but he was not keen to go, so that told us something was really wrong.”

This January we have busting discount offers for you, with every penny of profit supporting the hospital. What a nice start to the year!

The London Marathon may be the best known running event in the UK, but there’s one race that’s very close to my heart: I ran the very first Reading Half Marathon on 13th March 1983 and I’ll be running it again this year.

How are our faces constructed? How does your face differ from other faces? What do you look like in another dimension? These questions are all explored in Me in 3D, an exciting new event opening tomorrow at the Science Museum in London.

This 4th-7th May 2012 I will be cycling round the very hilly island of Ibiza to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity as part of their brand new “Round the Island Ibiza cycle challenge”. I am going to dust off my bike – currently at the back of my Mum’s shed – and rise to the challenge.