Dame Deborah James astonished as supportive letters reach her parents’ house without address: ‘Somewhere in Woking’

Deborah James incredible Bowel Babe fund has now raised a huge £6.5million. The star, who was recently made a Dame as Prince William visited her home, has shared her disbelief at the staggering amount raised.

Dame Deborah James shared a beautiful tribute to her "mini-me" daughter as she urged her to "keep dancing".The 40 year old's sweet words for her 12 year old daughter Eloise came as she launched her full In The Style clothing collection on Thursday night. As part of her collection, Deborah, who is receiving end of life care at her parents' home in Surrey, designed a stunning long baby pink maxi skirt.

Chelsea Flower Show after having a rose named after her. The You, Me and the Big C podcast host, 40, arrived at the Chelsea Flower Show in a wheelchair with her husband to see her beautiful rose in person.Dame Deborah has been undergoing hospice care at home after announcing earlier in the month that she was no longer able to have active treatment for her terminal bowel cancer, which she has battled since 2016.A rose was recently named after her, with some of the proceeds going to her BowelBabe fund to raise money for cancer charities.Dame Deborah, who said roses are her favourite flower, paid a visit to Chelsea on Tuesday evening for a private tour with her husband.BBC presenter Sophie Raworth had helped organise the tour alongside the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea, which lasted around an hour in private, and where she was able to see the rose introduced for the first time. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoDame Deborah told the broadcaster: ‘It meant absolutely everything to me. Flowers are a reminder of our future.

How to be Happy when you could be Dead’, and the pale pink Deborah James rose that was unveiled at the Chelsea Flower Show. Her latest venture is particularly cheering – a collection of full-sleeved, very summery cotton dresses released in collaboration with In The Style. Anyone who has been following James on Instagram over the last few weeks will have noted that while the former deputy headteacher and BBC podcast host can no longer walk, she has still been wearing a series of wonderfully pretty dresses in full bloom prints and pale white lace.

Dame Deborah James has said she is "emotional" as she made the decision to bring forward the launch of her In The Style collection so she'd be "here to see it." The new clothing range will go on sale for a 48-hour preview tonight at 7pm, with all profits going to Deborah’s Bowelbabe fund.The Dame, who is receiving end of life care at her home in Surrey, announced the news on Instagram, saying she is “really proud”. “I’m nervous because of all the hard work we put into it and I just really hope you like it,” Deborah wrote.

Dame Deborah James has given an update on her health as she admits she’s finding it harder to “stay engaged”.The podcaster, 40, recently shared how she was being moved to end-of-life care in her battle with bowel cancer. She has since raised over £6.5million with the Bowel Babe for Cancer Research Fund, which led to her receiving a Damehood from Prince William. In her latest update, the star shared a series of photos, including one of her posing with a lego statue and another of a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show with her husband Sebastian, where she saw the rose named after her following her incredible efforts to raise millions for life-saving cancer research.

Dame Deborah James has made a rare outing as she visited the Chelsea Flower Show to see the rose named after her.The 40 year old, who has been courageously battling bowel cancer for five years, shared earlier this month that her body is "just not playing ball" in a heartbreaking farewell post. She's been staying with her parents at their home in Woking, Surrey, where she's been receiving end-of-life care – resting and sleeping a great deal amid her cancer. But on Tuesday 24 May, Deborah decided to venture out to the Chelsea Flower Show in a bid to see in person the rose that was named after her – which is already breaking sales records.

cancer. The podcast host, 40, is under hospice care at home as active treatment is no longer possible for her, after being diagnosed five years ago. Dame Deborah has been spending the time she has left with her family, but revealed part of why she is so tired is that she fears falling asleep at night in case it is for the final time. She told The Sun: ‘I don’t feel like I’m on my deathbed. I’m not planning on dying anytime soon but it’s just so unpredictable.‘I’m scared to fall asleep and that’s one of the biggest reasons I’m so tired.

cancer as she receives end of life care at her parents house.The journalist has said that she is “scared” to go to sleep and that her family are “knackered”.Deborah has stage four bowel cancer and posted a farewell message on social media before she received a Damehood, presented to her by the Duke of Cambridge.Since then, she has given an interview with The Sun about her current health and frankly spoke about how she and her family are coping.Deborah, who is currently receiving care in Surrey, said: “I don't feel like I'm on my deathbed. I'm not planning on dying anytime soon, but it's just so unpredictable.

Dame Deborah James has confessed she's too afraid to sleep two weeks after announcing she's receiving end-of-life care at her parents' house in Woking, Surrey. The 40 year old, who has been courageously battling bowel cancer for five years, shared last week that her body is "just not playing ball" in a heartbreaking farewell post. Since then, she's been keeping busy raising awareness for cancer through fundraising, which has already reached £6.5million.

Not only has Deborah James recently been made into a Dame, she’s also been made into a Lego character. The mum-of-two took to Instagram today, Tuesday 24 May, to share the exciting news as she posed alongside her “mini me”. Beaming next to the Lego version of her in a snap, Deborah, 40, wrote alongside it: “All my Lego dreams have come true!!!! “I adore Lego.

bowel cancer.The BBC radio presenter has also been battling bowel cancer, announcing her diagnosis back in October.Adele appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live today with her colleague Naga Munchetty, 47, in a pre-recorded interview about her cancer battle.The star admitted that learning Deborah was now entering end-of-life care after battling stage four bowel cancer had “hit her hard”.Adele spoke about how watching the podcast host fight for five years, after being diagnosed with cancer at the age of 35, had “really helped her” come to terms with her illness.This month, Deborah, who has since been made a Dame, broke the news that she would be stopping active care and moving into hospice at home care for the final part of her life.Naga quizzed Adele about how Deborah’s news might have affected her given the radio DJ’s own bowel cancer struggles.“It hit me hard,” Adele admitted. “And it feels a little bit selfish saying that because it’s not about me.

Dame Deborah James has announced that she hopes a rose named after her will feature in her 12-year-old daughter's wedding bouquet one day.Deborah, who has so far raised over £6million for her bowel cancer fundraising efforts, revealed on Instagram on Friday The Harkness Rose Company is set to sell a flower named the Dame Deborah James Rose.Deborah, who is battling bowel cancer and receiving end-of-life care at her home, later shared snaps of her posing alongside a bouquet filled with the white and pale pink flowers, as she told how she hoped Eloise, would opt to include one in her nuptials.Discussing the flower named in her honour, she said: "It makes me sad but it fills me with so much joy that this rose can now be bred for years and years to come."Maybe one day Eloise will choose to have it in her wedding bouquet."From each flower sold £2.50 is set to go towards her Bowel Babe fund.Giving more detail on how the rose will raise funds for her charity, the podcast host added: "I actually cried when they asked me if they could name a rose after me. The new rose is available to pre-order now for delivery in Autumn 2022 (link in stories and below)."Even better, £2.50 from the sale of each rose will be paid to the @Bowelbabefund.

Joan Collins has welcomed her fourth grandchild as her son Alexander 'Sacha' Newley announces the birth of his first daughter with his jazz singer wife, Sheela Raman. The actress, 88, is currently grandmother to Miel Celeste Adam, 23, Weston Skeates, 19, and Ava Grace Newley, 17. The former Dynasty star has expressed how 'lovely' it is to become a grandma again and is already doting on the baby girl who is called Deia Shanaya.

BBC star is currently receiving home hospice care as her battle with bowel cancer progresses. But she used all of her energy to go out with her rock, husband Seb, for an hour. They went on a date to Beaverbrook country house and Deborah indulged in a bloody Mary.

Bowel babe Dame Deborah James admitted she cried after a stunning rose was named in honour of her to help raise money for her charity fund.The 40 year old revealed the news on her Instagram page saying she was "honoured" to have the Dame Deborah James Rose named after her. Dame Deborah was presented with a stunning bouquet of her new rose by the team at The Harkness Rose Company.They will be introducing the new flower at their stand at Chelsea Flower Show next week.

Mum-of-two Rebecca counts herself "hugely fortunate" that she beat stage three bowel cancer after revealing it could've been a very different story if she had been diagnosed just one month later. Rebecca, who is mum to William, seven, and Florence, nine, with husband Adrian, 50, has a family history with the disease as her mum suffered from double breast cancer, her grandmother had lymphatic cancer and grandfather had lung cancer.

Dame Deborah James took to Instagram on Thursday to announce that she had collaborated with In The Style on a new clothing line.The 40-year-old mum-of-two, who has terminal bowel cancer, shared the poignant caption alongside snaps of herself and her daughter in the clothes. She said: “I’m so excited to finally be able to share (at least part) of a project I’ve been working on for several months now.Together with the @inthestyle team I’ve been creating and designing a collection of beautiful clothes to hopefully make us all look good and feel great!!! “The main collection isnt quite ready yet, although some of you will have noticed recently I’ve been sporting a whole host of beautiful floral dresses - which I can confirm were worn for my visit from Prince William!” “I cannot tell you guys how this partnership has kept me going through my hospital stays and taken me away from cancer.

Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James has revealed she has helped design a clothing collection with a message of hope.The 40-year-old mum-of-two, who has terminal bowel cancer, has tirelessly campaigned to raise awareness and vast amounts of cash for research into the cruel disease. Her latest venture, announced on her Instagram account, is a clothing range in collaboration with In The Style and the main collection will be released online for shoppers later this year.

Deborah James has given her blessing for TV bosses to air an episode of Embarrassing Bodies she's in even if she's already died. The 40 year old, who has been courageously battling bowel cancer for five years, announced last week that her body is "just not playing ball" and she's been moved to end-of-life care. Since then, she's been trying to push for more awareness around the cancer as well as funds to go towards Cancer Research UK.

DAME Deborah James launched a charity T-shirt last night - which sold out in just an hour. Emblazoned with her motto ‘Rebellious Hope’ the top marks the first piece in a new collection with In The Style.