BBC newsreader George Alagiah says his cancer could have been caught sooner if he was to have been tested in Scotland. BBCSpeaking to The Times (£), George admitted he knew it is too late to be cured, but lamented his chances could have been higher if his cancer was caught earlier. I have thought: why have the Scots got it and we don’t?” Bowel Cancer UK has said the disease kills nearly 16,000 people every year in the country. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, behind lung cancer. However, if caught at stage one, survival rates are nearly 100 percent for at least five years.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2018 12:45 UTC