Lorraine Kelly on heartbreaking final visit to Deborah James in hospital

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Lorraine Kelly has spoken about her final visit to Deborah James in hospital and said she really thought her colleague and friend would "bounce back".

Last night, the 40-year-old, who was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in 2016, took to Twitter to tell her followers that she was now in a hospice surrounded by her friends and family.

Lorraine had teamed up with Deborah for her ITV show's No Butts campaign, which raises awareness of bowel cancer. The pair became close friends and Lorraine spoke to Dr Hilary Jones today about Deborah's heartbreaking news.Lorraine said: "The only thing, Hilary, is that she always just bounced back and I just expected her to.

Recently I went to see her in the hospital and - although she was very thin - she was Deborah!"She was full of life, she was funny, she was making everybody laugh, she was her usual self and I thought, 'This is another wee hiccup along the line'."Dr Hilary said: "She's got to where she has against the odds - she's tried new treatments, she's tried treatments that could potentially cause problems."She's been a kind of trialist for many new forms of therapy and amazing to see where she's got to now.