cost of living crisis. we hear from the charity helping families who are struggling to make ends meet. liverpool s frustrating start to the season continues as their new summer signing darwin nunez sees red before luis diaz rescues a point against crystal palace. good morning. a cooler day ahead today, the rain we have at the moment across southern and eastern scotland were clear, leaving righteous skies behind. dryerfor northern ireland but still the risk of heavy thundery downpours almost anywhere across england and wales. they will be hit and mist. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 16th august. our main story. dame deborahjames raised millions for charity and was an inspiration to so many people living with bowel cancer. now her mum heather has spoken for the first time since her daughter s death, to our reporter graham satchell, about her final days with deborah and her long lasting legacy. dame deborahjames, surrounded by herfamily at her mum and dads h
british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been jailed for 20 years by a new york court for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. also, with petrol and diesel prices near record highs, pressure is growing on retailers and the government to step in. i ll be finding out the impact on people who rely on their vehicle for work. good morning, defeat for serena williams on her wimbledon return. when the covers come off later, we will see emma raducanu and andy murray back in action. good morning, we have rain pushing eastwards that will clear the east in the next couple of hours. behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery but less windy today than yesterday. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 29th ofjune. our main story. the cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster, dame deborahjames, also known as bowel babe, has died aged 40. she had been receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. the host of the bbc s you, me and
as she walked home from a night out in the early hours of sunday morning. a bbc investigation finds the number of holiday lets in england has risen by 40% in the past three years with concerns some residents are being pushed out of areas as a result. are you unable to live in the area you want to? or are you a business owner struggling to recruit permanent staff as a result? we want to hear from you. you can message me on twitter. i m @l vaughanjones or use the hashtag bbc your questions. and coming up in sport. serena williams crashes out of wimbledon but doesn t rule out another comeback. we ll have all the latest live. hello, welcome to the programme. politicians, celebrities and charities have been paying tribute to the cancer campaigner, blogger and podcaster dame deborahjames, who has died of bowel cancer at the age of a0. the host of the you, me and the big c podcast also known as bowel babe was awarded a damehood in may, in recognition of her tireless fundra
of the people out there, and that meant a lot. it s meant a lot to the family, and it still does. did it feel like a help at the time? yes. i think i could not have coped. 0k, we were given three to five days deborah lived eight weeks. that eight weeks was probably, in one way, the best eight weeks we ve had together as a family, even though she died at the end of it. how can you not love what she did in that eight weeks? and.it did help, knowing other people loved her and wanted to.help in any way they could. deborah was honoured with a damehood by prince william. the investiture took place in heather s garden. we weren t told till the evening before, and everybody was obviously shocked. everyone was totally overwhelmed,
but it was amazing. my first thing was, i need a new lounge. if he s coming in here no, i need to get new.everything! but he put us so much ease when he came in and, but he put us so much at ease when he came in and, you know, it was amazing. and he was just like one of my son in laws, and he just sat down with us and he was so lovely. i think he is a people s king. # and you can tell by the way - i use my walk i m a woman s man. # no time to talk. deborah persuaded her mum to start using instagram. she became the boleran to deb s bowelbabe. she pushed me beyond my limits to do things that i would never do, and that is what i will miss because she gave me the confidence to do things that i didn t think i could do. she pushed me and i m hoping i can