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| | Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James dies | |  | | | | | | | | | Dame Deborah James broke down barriers and challenged taboos about cancer. An inspiration, who "taught us how to live and how to die", while saving countless lives. They are some of the tributes paid to Dame Deborah who has died aged 40. She was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 and since then had been sharing her experiences with a no-nonsense approach through campaigning, blogging and broadcasting. "Even in her most challenging moments, her determination to raise money and awareness was inspiring," her family said. They announced on her Instagram account that she had died peacefully surrounded by them.
The mother of two, who had recently been given a damehood by Prince William, had revealed she was receiving end-of-life care on 9 May, saying: "My body just can't continue anymore". The former teacher and the You, Me and the Big C presenter didn’t know how long she had left but she wanted to keep raising awareness. She launched the Bowelbabe fund, which has now raised almost £7m. She had a vision for that money - research for new cancer treatment, making sure more people know about the disease and personalised medicine. Following the announcement of her death, tributes have been flooding in, including from Bowel Cancer UK, which said Dame Deborah had turned her bowel cancer diagnosis "into an incredible force for good". And in the words of Dame Deborah herself when she signed off her final podcast: "Check your poo. Come on. I can't leave on any other word apart from check your poo."
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| | Ex-aide paints devastating picture of Trump | | | | | | | | | The US congressional inquiry into last year's Capitol riot, in Washington, has been missing a piece of the puzzle. What was the situation in the White House in the hours before and during the attack on 6 January? An answer has been offered by Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who has been giving her testimony. She has painted a devastating picture. This includes an allegation that Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the car he was travelling in and wrestled with a Secret Service officer in an attempt to divert his motorcade to the Capitol, where his supporters were gathering. A secret service source said the agent and driver travelling in the car were willing to testify it didn’t happen, Trump denies the allegation, and during Ms Hutchinson’s testimony he took to his social media platform and began trying to undercut her claims. | | | | | |
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| | Holiday-let home numbers rise | | | | | | | | | If you’ve been on holiday in the UK recently, there’s a chance you’ve stayed in a holiday-let home. The number of these type of properties in England has risen by 40% in three years, according to BBC analysis of council figures. Estate agents have reported a surge in second home ownership during the pandemic, with many buyers now offering these out to people for holidays. Already popular tourists areas such as Scarborough, the Isle of Wight and the Cotswolds have even more holiday-let properties available, and ministers are now looking at whether they should be registered. Read more here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | They call themselves the "potages" - a mash-up of the French words for buddies and hostages. A unique friendship group, forged in the shared experience of being caught up in France's worst peacetime attack six years ago, when Islamist jihadists killed 130 people at locations across Paris, including bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and the Bataclan concert hall.
Later on Wednesday, some of the potages will file into a specially built courtroom in Paris, to hear verdicts handed down to 20 men accused of involvement in those attacks in November 2015. It is the end of a marathon nine-month process that has left its mark on France. "The end of the trial is going to mark a new beginning," one of the potages, David Fritz Goeppinger, told me. "I'm not sure how to feel about it." For him, the most important part of the trial was the testimony of hundreds of victims, including his own. | | | | | | | | | | | | Lucy Williamson | | Paris correspondent | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | The sentencing of Ghislaine Maxwell, Nicola Sturgeon's bid for another Scottish independence referendum and the death of Dame Deborah James are the main stories featuring on this morning’s front pages. Maxwell’s 20-year jail sentence for sex trafficking in the US appears in a number of papers including the Metro and the Daily Mail, which reports that "she’s still in denial". Meanwhile, the plan for another referendum is the focus of the i newspaper and the Guardian, which is among the papers picturing Dame Deborah. The Sun dedicates its front page to the blogger and broadcaster. Read the newspaper review in full here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | US Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years over sex trafficking | | | | | | | Ukraine war Putin wouldn't have invaded if he were a woman - PM | | | | | | | Nato Turkey supports Finland and Sweden's membership bid | | | | | | | Vaughan Ex-England captain steps back from BBC work | | | | | | |
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| | Need something different? | | | | | | | | | Soon after India became independent from British rule it wanted to organise its economy but something was missing. India had no data to make informed decisions. The wheels were set in motion to fix it, and then India ended up teaching the world the art of collecting data. Find out how the south Asian country became a trailblazer.
Data analysis is widespread in sport, but in tennis much of it remains shrouded in secrecy. However, we do know of one data pioneer, Bruce S. Old, whose analysis during matches became one player's secret weapon. It meant 5ft 4in tall Bryan "Bitsy" Grant was able to beat the best players. What did Old tell him? Find out here.
And finally, as Wimbledon’s under way, here are the best shots of day two. They include Paul Jubb's magnificent drop shot from his match against Nick Kyrgios. Take a look. | | | | | |
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