i hope it will be in my kids lifetime, i hope it will become a chronic disease. but i think. there are people doing amazing things and we need to support them and fund them. # and i ll rise up # i ll rise like the day.# the fund she set up to aid research has raised millions. foryears, dame deborah, as she became, fought to increase awareness of her disease, with social media posts like these inspiring thousands of fellow patients. in the words of one cancer charity, the lives her campaign saved and will continue to save was nothing short of incredible. the campaigner dame deborah james, who has died of bowel cancer at the age of a0. and there s just time to tell you about day two of wimbledon, where the seven times champion
just search for independence, why scotland could vote again. the campaigner dame deborah james has died of bowel cancer at the age of 40. she had been receiving end of life care at home and had raised millions to help others affected by cancer. dame deborah was host of the bbc s you, me and the big c podcast and was honoured in recognition of her fundraising work. our correspondent rachel burden reports. my name is deborahjames. i m a mum to two kids and a dog called winston. three years ago, at the age of 35, i was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer and i have been living with cancer ever since. she was young, she was vibrant,
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with an infectious sense of fun. for deborahjames, cancer was a devastating blow. but she was determined to share her story, in the hope it would help others. i ve had everything. surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, to enable me to live with cancer. on social media, the former teacher called herself bowel babe, detailing the endless rounds of treatment, but poking fun at her disease. having fun with her kids and making life s important milestones. i made my 40th birthday. that s huge, that s enormous, it s the birthday i never thought i would make. i like winding up my oncologist because he is very straitlaced! on her podcast, you, me and the big c, deborah was open. funny.
in new york, ghislaine maxwell is sentenced to 20 years for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. the campaigner dame deborah james has died of bowel cancer at the age of 40. she had been receiving end of life care at home and had raised millions to help others affected by cancer. dame deborah was host of the bbc s you, me and the big c podcast, and was honoured in recognition of her fundraising work. 0ur correspondent rachel burden reports. my name is deborahjames. i m a mum to two kids and a dog called winston. three years ago, at the age of 35, i was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer and i have been living with cancer ever since. she was young, she was vibrant, with an infectious sense of fun. for deborahjames, cancer was a devastating blow. but she was determined