Liz Burke is appealing for help to trace her late husband John's former colleagues after he died from mesothelioma in December last year The heartbroken widow of a former labourer has issued a desperate plea for answers after his death from asbestos-related cancer. John Burke, from Hamsterley Colliery, County Durham , was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, in September 2015 after suffering with pain in his chest and breathlessness.
