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Lorraine Kelly and Tom and Giovanna Fletcher were among those who paid tribute to Dame Deborah James as they attended her funeral on Wednesday.TV and radio host Gaby Roslin, newsreader Sophie Raworth, restaurateur and presenter Oliver Peyton and jazz singer Natalie Rushdie and her husband Zafar were also in attendance.MORE: Dame Deborah James' life to be celebrated in new BBC documentary - detailsThe late fundraiser was laid to rest at St Mary's Church in Barnes, West London, with her husband Sebastien Bowen and their children Hugo, 14, and Eloise, 12, walking behind the hearse with other family members.Deborah died last month at the age of 40 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016.WATCH: Bowel cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James' last goodbye The BBC presenter, who developed the online persona Bowelbabe following her diagnosis, raised more than £6million for cancer research.MORE: Why Prince William was the chosen royal to present Deborah James with her damehoodMORE: Bowel cancer symptoms explained after the sad loss of Dame Deborah JamesThe Duke of Cambridge awarded her a Damehood in May, and both he and the Duchess of Cambridge expressed their sorrow at her death when the news was announced. Tom and Giovanna Fletcher paid tributeSharing a personal message to their social media channels, they wrote: "We are so sad to hear the heartbreaking news about Dame Deborah.

The BBC will host a Conservative Party Leader debate on Monday with the remaining two candidates to replace Boris Johnson, as the final four commit to taking part in the wake of tonight’s Sky News cancelation. A second one-on-one interview will be conducted by Nick Robinson with each of the candidates individually.

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has said that "quite a bit" of her brain is missing as she opened up about the two brain aneurysms she had while filming the popular HBO show.The actress, 35, who played main character Daenerys Targaryen on the show, opened up about the terrifying experiences she had after falling ill on two occasions on set, once in 2011 and another in 2013. Emilia had to undergo surgery following each aneurysm, she told BBC's Sunday Morning, and spoke about how "remarkable" it is that she can continue her life as normal despite the two life-threatening ordeals, The Mirror reports.

Game of Thrones, which aired from 2011 to 2019.While Emilia became one of the most popular of the show's stars, there was still a fair bit of drama behind the scenes as she fell seriously ill on two occasions.READ MORE:Inside Emilia Clarke's life - Family Guy fling, nudity snub and near-fatal haemorrhageBetween 2011 and 2013, Emilia suffered two life-threatening aneurysms, the first just after she finished filming the first season of the smash hit show.But now the actress has appeared on BBC’s Sunday Morning where she opened up on her terrifying ordeal to host Sophie Raworth, explaining how "remarkable" it is she can continue her life relatively normally.She explained: "It was just the most excruciating pain, huge vomiting, trying to regain consciousness; I kept asking myself all these questions."She continued: "I hilariously kept saying lines from the show in my head.

Emilia Clarke has "quite a bit missing" from her brain after she suffered two brain aneurysms. The ‘Game of Thrones’ star underwent life-saving surgery after she had two instances of ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain in 2011 and 2013. And the 35-year-old actress has recalled how she used lines from the hit fantasy series - in which she played Daenerys Targaryen - to try and help her "regain consciousness" during her aneurysm and admitted she's lucky she's still verbal.

Emilia Clarke, 35, has opened up about suffering two brain haemorrhages in a new interview.The Game Of Thrones actress had a subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm in 2011 and then suffered a second aneurysm in 2013.Appearing on BBC One’s Sunday Morning, Emilia said: “I had a couple of brain haemorrhages and you gain a lot of perspective and it puts your head in a different place when dealing with the kind of juggernaut of being on a successful show.”Explaining her ordeal, Emilia recalled: “It was just the most excruciating pain, huge vomiting, trying to regain consciousness.“I kept asking myself all these questions, I kept hilariously saying lines from the show in my head because I knew for some reason that If you are throwing up and you have a headache then that’s not good for your brain.”Reflecting on the horrifying experience, Emilia says it was “helpful” to have Game Of Thrones to “sweep her up” and give her a “purpose”.On the status of her health now, she continued: “The amount of my brain that is now useable, it is remarkable that I am able to speak sometimes articulately or live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions.“I am in the really, really small minority of people that can survive that.”Presenter Sophie Raworth then asked the actress whether she had seen a scan of her brain, she replied: “Yes, and there is quite a bit missing, which always makes me laugh."It’s because strokes, basically, as soon as any part of your brain doesn’t get blood for a second, it is dead, it’s gone.“So the blood finds a different route to get around but whatever bit is missing is therefore gone.

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.

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.

Davina McCall has revealed how she thought she had a "brain tumour" after making a mistake during the onset of her menopause.The former Big Brother host, 54, has opened up about her experience with menopause and its early stages during an appearance on BBC's Sunday Morning show. Speaking to BBC host Sophie Raworth, Davina explained her difficulties with the early stages of menopause, known as perimenopause. She explained: "For me when I lost those hormones – or in fact in perimenopause, the hormones go up and down so you think you’re going completely mad – I felt that it aged me, I felt that I was going to be irrelevant, I felt embarrassed because I’d always been at the top of my game." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter She added: "I’d been in television at that point for 20 years, I really knew what I was doing.

BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty congratulated BBC colleague Chris Mason on social media today.The Newscast presenter has been appointed as the BBC's new Political Editor, replacing Laura Kuenssberg.Naga, 47, gave a virtual round of applause to her co-worker Chris, 41, after it was announced he would be taking up the exciting new role.She shared the update from the BBC News Press Team with her 269,900 Twitter followers.“Excellent news @ChrisMasonBBC,” she penned with three clapping emojis. The original tweet read: “Delighted to announce the appointment of @ChrisMasonBBC as the BBC's new Political Editor.  “Chris will take up his post in May after the local elections.”Covering the May local elections will be the last job of current Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, before she steps down from the role.Laura, 45, will be taking over the BBC’s Sunday morning politics show, which was famously presented by Andrew Marr before he announced he would be leaving for a job with LBC last year. The journalist will take over from interim host Sophie Raworth, who has been presenting in Andrew’s absence, in September. Meanwhile, Chris has described taking over Laura’s soon-to-be-former role as a “tremendous privilege”.He told the BBC: “What a tremendous privilege to take on what, for me, is the most extraordinary job in British broadcasting and journalism. “I clamber upon the shoulders of giants like Laura, Nick and Andrew with a smattering of trepidation and a shedload of excitement and enthusiasm.“To lead the best team of journalists in the business on the best news patch of the lot is something I’d never even dared dream of.

Naga Munchetty has hit back at a troll who tried to body-shame her on Twitter.In a now-deleted post, the Twitter user commented on the BBC Breakfast presenter's weight, unkindly claiming that she had "gained a few pounds recently".MORE: Naga Munchetty flooded with comments as she shares amazing newsThe rude remark was made in response to one of Naga's tweets in which she commented on a recent article discussing how to make the perfect crisp sandwich.WATCH: Naga Munchetty reveals incredible connection to PrinceNaga tweeted to her 269,000 followers: "I always add "ready salted" crisps to my sandwiches (no other flavour works for me), but never go for a solo crisp sandwich. Each to their own I say.

Piers Morgan left Good Morning Britain one year ago, and it's safe to say that since his departure, the show has been a little less wild.In fact, the the show has been hit with fewer Ofcom complaints since Piers has left.Moving on from his controversial role, Piers is gearing up to host a brand new talk show titled TalkTV, which will air on Sky. Talking to Sophie Raworth about his upcoming show previously, Piers said: "I am launching a new global daily TV show for Rupert Murdoch's news corporation in America, starting in the spring."It will air daily in the UK, daily in the US and in Australia daily as well so I will be a tri-continental irritant which is something I have been aspiring to be for quite some time."It's going to be opinion, debate, big interviews, so if you've missed me on morning TV, I'm sorry but I'll be back very soon."If you haven't missed me, I'm not sorry."To commemorate his departure's anniversary from the popular ITV breakfast magazine show, here at Daily Star we've decided to take a look back at the most complained about moments ever.

The Prime Minister is expected to revoke all coronavirus regulations that restrict public freedoms in England when he lays out his vision for the future on Monday.

BBC News presenter Victoria Derbyshire has admitted that she was forced to delete a tweet for breaking BBC guidance on impartiality.The newsreader, 53, took to Twitter to confirm that she had removed the tweet as it didn't meet the BBC's standards.In view of her 163,300 followers, the host announced the reason behind her deleted post.Victoria wrote: "Hi hve deleted a tweet abt crime figs/fraud/computer misuse etc because it didn’t properly meet the BBC’s guidance on impartiality." (sic)Express.co.uk has contacted a representative for the BBC for comment.Earlier in the week, Victoria slammed an MP over crime statistics provided by Boris Johnson.Watching her colleague Sophie Raworth's interview with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Victoria didn't hold back as she blasted the Government for "insulting voters".The Business minister insisted Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn't lie about the percentage of national crime figures that had been tackled by the Tories.It comes after the official Twitter account for BBC Politics shared a clip from the interview, showing the "selective" response to the question regarding crime rates.The tweet read: "Why did PM Boris Johnson tell Parliament that Government is cutting crime by 14 per cent when that’s not true?"Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng: 'All I know is that certainly on the doorstep people are saying that there is progress being made.'"Clearly a little confused by Kwarteng's reply, Victoria hit out: "Errrr crime is down if you take out certain crimes??!!"Time to stop insulting voters’ intelligence?" she raged.In the interview, the Business Secretary told Raworth he "didn't know why" she said the statistics were "untrue".He said: "I don't know what the evidence is for it not

Nicola Sturgeon has insisted Scotland is in a better place in the fight against coronavirus thanks to the emergency Omicron restrictions brought in over the festive season.

BBC viewers felt they had no option but to switch off the channel as Piers Morgan made a return to breakfast TV over the weekend.

Piers Morgan has slammed what he calls Prince Harry’s “double standards” over the Royal’s ongoing police protection row. Piers' comment comes after Prince Harry threatened to launch legal action, saying it’s "unsafe" for himself and his family to return to the UK without the protection of police bodyguards. Harry, who was stripped of round-the-clock protection when he stepped down from Royal duties two years ago, has said his private protection team in the US does not have access to UK intelligence information that is necessary to keep his wife Meghan Markle and children, Archie and Lilibet, safe when in the country.The Duke has written a “pre-action protocol” letter to the Home Office suggesting they will seek judicial review if continued police security isn’t provided by the UK when they are in the country.

Piers Morgan returned to breakfast television almost a year after storming off the set of Good Morning Britain over the weekend. The 56 year old moved across to the BBC to appear on their Sunday Morning show with Sophie Raworth on Sunday 16 January. The journalist famously quit the ITV's GMB after he refused to apologise over making controversial comments about Meghan Markle.

Piers Morgan, 56, has had a very successful career.There have been more ups and downs than a rollercoaster, with the TV star being no stranger to controversy.And in his latest column for The Sun, the former Good Morning Britain presenter opened up about a moment on the show that he deemed a "career low".In the quick-fire round of his piece where readers get to know quirky facts about him, Piers covered an exchange that will stick in his mind forever.Discussing his "worst celebrity kiss", he penned: "Peter Andre snogging me live on Good Morning Britain was a career low."And while many may believe that quitting the programme may have been the point that he hit rock bottom, they would be wrong.Piers left ITV in March over his comments on Meghan Markle’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.It led to 50,000 complaints to Ofcom and Piers ended up storming off the GMB set after a heated discussion with Alex Beresford, although Ofcom later found the comments did not breach its rules.But despite the dramatics surrounding his exit from GMB, he's set to return in the spring on new channel talkTV, which will broadcast in the UK, Australia and the US.In an interview with BBC's Sophie Raworth about his upcoming show, he said: "I am launching a new global daily TV show for Rupert Murdoch’s news corporation in America, starting in the spring.He explained that it will include opinion, debate and big interviews, saying: "It will air daily in the UK, daily in the US and in Australia daily as well so I will be a tri-continental irritant which is something I have been aspiring to be for quite some time."Its going to be opinion, debate, big interviews, so if you’ve missed me on morning TV, I’m sorry but I’ll be back very soon."A post shared

Piers Morgan, 56, will appear on BBC One’s Sunday Morning show with Sophie Raworth tomorrow at 9am.The former Good Morning Britain presenter has hinted that he has something in store for Boris Johnson, asking him to tune into the broadcast.Tweeting out to his 7.9 million followers, Piers quipped about coming out of his “enforced retirement”. He wrote: “UPDATE: It’s been a quiet news week, so I thought I’d come out of (enforced) breakfast show retirement and do the paper review on BBC1’s new Sunday Morning show with @sophieraworth.”“Tune in from 9am… especially you, Prime Minister @BorisJohnson,” he added somewhat cryptically. Piers’ followers had a mixed reaction to the post, with some eagerly anticipating his return, while others seemed unimpressed by the journalist. “Something big is coming isn't it please say yes,” Maggie1152 speculated.“Not expecting something big to come up in time for this are we?” asked TheMrAlex6.“Oh please bring up Johnson isolating (hiding from the public) when he doesn't need to,” Anne Milne pleaded. “Oh what a nice little Sunday morning treat, don’t hold back I’ve missed you honest opinions and saying how it is!” wrote Nikki Middleton.“Oh exciting, hope you give Boris a good grilling be it a review,” added Steve Gale.“Me too, so miss Piers on TV, love him or hate him..he always delivers a controversial debate,” mused Sara Nicholls. Meanwhile, others weren’t interested, including Minesawater who wrote: “Nah, you’re alright, mate. I’d rather watch a few episodes of Mrs Brown’s boys.”“I look forward to you flouncing off set again,” Paul C added in reference to the moment Piers left Good Morning Britain after being called out on his comments against Meghan Markle.

BBC News last night, Davina McCall claimed presenters had been pronouncing new Omicron variant incorrectly.The 54-year-old didn't mention who she was referring to, but asked her followers for some clarification about the correct way to say it.In view of her 2.7 million followers, she wrote: "All the @BBCNews presenters keep calling it omnicron but it’s omicron… or am I going mad?"Many of the presenter's fans flocked to her post to comment.BBC newsreader Sophie Raworth clarified: "It’s omicron."Davina replied: "Thank you."Christian Horner's famous wife Geri 'utterly broken' behind scenesAngela Allen commented: "Let's call it romcom?""Or comicon," she jokingly responded.BBC News viewer Linda Wadkin added: "I think comicon is already a