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The family and friends of BBC podcast presenter Dame Deborah James came together today for her funeral in London following her five-year battle with bowel cancer.

Dame Deborah James: The Last Dance retraced the mother-of-twos five-year battle with stage four bowel cancer, which she sadly lost on Tuesday, through the eyes of the friends that supported her.

Cancer survivors from across the UK have thanked Dame Deborah for her selfless work, telling how they went to the GP after hearing her story.

BBC podcast presenter Dame Deborah James, from London, was surrounded by her family as she passed away following her five-year battle with bowel cancer.

Steve Bland, 41, whose wife Rachael died from breast cancer at the same age in 2018, thanked mother-of-two Deborah for her unwavering support. Dame Deborah has died from cancer aged 40.

Not many people could achieve what Dame Deborah James did, especially when struggling with such serious illness, but I am so thankful that she did.