Maureen Nolan says younger sister Coleen 'regrets' sharing cancer diagnosis on Loose Women

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When Maureen Nolan discovered that her youngest sister, Coleen, had become the latest member of her family to be blighted by cancer, she was utterly shell-shocked.

She and her family have been living in the shadow of cancer for nearly 20 years. But Maureen, 69, only learnt of Coleen’s carcinoma diagnosis last month after the star opened up about it on Loose Women. “I didn’t see her announce the news on the show, so suddenly I’m getting all these messages saying, ‘Sorry to hear the news about Coleen,’” says the singer. “I was so shocked – I immediately phoned her and asked what had happened.

I think she now regrets sharing the news on Loose Women.” Coleen, 58, later explained she hadn’t wanted to tell her sisters about her diagnosis because it seemed like “nothing” compared to what some of them have been through.

But it was in fact Maureen who first raised the alarm about a worrying “bit of skin” on her Coleen’s neck months earlier. “I remember seeing the mark on her neck some time ago.