‘Her attitude was a lesson to us all’: tributes pour in for Dame Deborah James

The presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C saved many lives' and raised millions of pounds for cancer research

Dame Deborah James has been hailed as an inspiration" and an extraordinary campaigner" of unbelievable tenacity" as tributes poured in for the podcaster and cancer campaigner, who has died at the age of 40.

The mother-of-two had been receiving end-of-life care since May at her parents' home in Woking, Surrey, after stopping active treatment for the disease. In her final weeks, the presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C raised millions of pounds for research and was made a dame for her tireless" work improving awareness.