STRICTLY'S Nicola Adams revealed she helped save her mum's life when meningitis caused her brain to shut down. The retired boxing champ was 14 when she made the decision to call an ambulance for her unwell mum after she was unable to get out of bed.
Nicola, 38, recalled on Desert Island Discs the day she and brother Kurtis returned home from school to find their mum seriously ill.
She explained: "At the hospital they were asking her questions and her brain had already started to close down from the meningitis. "She couldn't remember her date of birth or how old she was, she said she had two daughters.
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