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Tell us: did Deborah James’ bowel cancer awareness campaigning change your life?

Dame Deborah James shared her six-year battle with terminal bowel cancer on the popular BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C.
Dame Deborah James shared her six-year battle with terminal bowel cancer on the popular BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C. Photograph: @bowelbabe/twitter

Dame Deborah James, the headteacher turned podcaster who raised millions of pounds for charity with her campaigning to raise awareness of bowel cancer, died on Tuesday.

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