Cancer-stricken podcaster Deborah James says she is scared of dying alone and wants to go "listening" to her family's banter and normal buzz. She is determined not to spend her finals days crying because it would be "such a waste", and has given her husband strict instructions and been writing letters to her children that they can open in the future.
And the 40-year-old is watching in amazement as the new cancer research fund she launched on Monday passes the £3m mark, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge among those who have donated.
Since being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016, the former deputy head teacher has spoken candidly about treatment on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast, written a book and raised lots of money for cancer charities.
