Dame Deborah James ‘saved my life from bowel cancer’

A mother-of-three has told how Dame Deborah James saved her life from fatal bowel cancer.

Lyndsey Ainscough, 40, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with severe stage 3 cancer after having symptoms for several months.

The school attendance manager only sought help after seeing campaigner Dame Deborah on TV in the weeks before her death on June 28, 2022 - two years ago this week.

Ms Ainscough told the PA news agency that she had been experiencing problems such as bleeding and fatigue but thought she had irritable bowel syndrome.

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