A beautician who filmed herself gasping for breath while fighting for her life is celebrating being given a second chance by competing to win £100,000 on a reality TV show.
When Tara Jane Langston contracted coronavirus in March she thought her days were numbered and even said goodbye to her loved ones and a video of her struggling for breath in intensive care went viral.
But, after going to hell and back, the mum-of-two says she’s determined to grab life with both hands. So now Tara, 39, from Hillingdon, West London, has signed up to Channel 4’s big new reality series, The Bridge.
The series, which starts tomorrow, follows 12 Brits stranded in the remote Welsh countryside where bosses have left the life-changing haul of cash on an island