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Deborah James' wish for her younger self - and sweet way she inspired her students

The second book by Dame Deborah AKA Bowel Babe - How to Live When You Could Be Dead - has been released today

Daily Mirror

Seven key lessons on how to live your best life from Dame Deborah James’ new book

Hope, gratitude and a lot of laughter — Amy Francombe presents the key points from the campaigner’s poignant final work

Evening Standard

Dame Deborah James’ posthumous book is released today

‘How to Live When You Could be Dead’ was penned by James before her death

The Independent UK

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Former Pop Idol hosts Ant and Dec pay tribute to singer Darius Campbell Danesh following his death

Writing on Twitter, the Geordie presenters spoke of their sadness and said of Darius 'we had many laughs with him on his Pop Idol journey'

Chronicle Live

Dame Deborah James was given ‘three to five days’ to live, her mother says

James’ mother also shared details of the day her daughter received a damehood from Prince William

The Independent UK

Dame Deborah James told mum 'I don't want to die' just days before tragic death

Heather James has spoken about her daughter Deborah's final weeks and the support the family received after she was diagnosed with bowel cancer

Chronicle Live

How To Live When You Could Be Dead: When and where to buy Deborah James’ book

Deborah James, also known as BowelBabe, wrote about valuing each day as though it could be the last.

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Dame Deborah James was given ‘three to five days’ to live, her mother says

James’ mother also shared details of the day her daughter received a damehood from Prince William

The Independent UK

Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James ‘had no regrets but didn’t want to die’, says mum

The mother of cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James said her daughter told her she did not want to die in a late-night chat, just days before her death.

Evening Standard

Dame Deborah James admitted she didn't want to die in late-night chat, mum says

Dame Deborah James' mum Heather has opened up about her daughter's passing in her first television interview since the brave campaigner's death in June this year

Daily Mirror

Deborah James’ mother: ‘How can you not love what she did in that eight weeks?’

In her first interview since her daughter’s death, Heather James has spoken about the public support the family received.

The Independent UK

Deborah James told her mum she didn't want to die in late-night chat

The broadcaster and campaigner moved home to be with her parents for the final weeks of her life

Wales Online

Dame Deborah James' husband ‘held her hand’ for two nights before she died

Sebastien Bowen said he still feels her presence in a moving interview

Wales Online

Prince William's advice to Deborah James' kids after his own struggle with Diana's death

Like Deborah's James' two young children, Prince William also lost his mother, Princess Diana, at a young age. Sebastien Bowen reveals the 'powerful advice' the future king shared with his kids when he presented his late wife with a damehood in May

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Evening Standard

Deborah James: Husband of cancer campaigner says pair found ‘moments of joy’ in final weeks

It comes as record numbers of people have come forward for bowel cancer checks following a campaign by Dame Deborah

Daily Mirror

Deborah James' husband says brave wife 'found joy until end' as he speaks on final days

Dame Deborah James' husband Sebastian Bowen has opened up about the Bowel Babe campaigner and mum-of-two bravely managed to embrace her last few experiences and find joy even in her final days

The Guardian - UK

Bowel cancer checks at record high after Deborah James death, says NHS

NHS England credits James’s campaign to raise awareness for surge in number of people referred for checks

The Independent UK

Bowel cancer checks at record high ‘thanks to Dame Deborah James’

According to the NHS, between the months of May and July, 170,500 people referred for checks for suspected lower gastro-intestinal cancers.

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The Independent UK

‘We told each other everything’: Deborah James’ husband on cancer campaigner’s dying days

Wife’s terminal illness ‘forced us to be grateful, to feel blessed for small things’, says widower

Daily Mirror

Dame Deborah James' pal shares clip of her practising song she sang at her funeral

Natalie Rushdie has released a beautiful video of her practicing singing the tune she performed at the funeral of her friend Dame Deborah James

The Independent UK

Deborah James’ cancer diagnosis ‘stopped 20 years of panic attacks’

James died from bowel cancer on 28 June

Wales Online

Deborah James book explains how cancer diagnosis cured crippling panic attacks

The much-loved presenter has also sent a posthumous message to her daughters

The Independent UK

Deborah James’ ‘crippling panic attacks’ stopped following cancer diagnosis

The podcaster wrote that she often ‘woke up in the middle of the night already in the grip of an episode’.

Daily Mirror

Deborah James' years of panic attacks about death stopped after learning she was dying

The late Dame Deborah James has revealed in her posthumous book that learning she was dying 'cured' her 20 years of panic attacks and anxiety

The Independent UK

Dame Deborah James tells her children to ‘take chances’ and ‘marry only for love’ in last letter before death

Cancer campaigner and podcast host died in June

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