Dame Tessa Jowell was given a standing ovation after making an emotional plea for more cancer treatments to be made available through the NHS months before her death. Baroness Jowell, whose voice cracked several times during her House of Lords speech in January, told fellow peers of her cancer diagnosis and subsequent battle to beat the disease. Tessa Jowell spoke emotionally about her diagnosis (Yui Mok/PA)She said: “On May 24 last year, I was on my way to talk about new Sure Start projects in East London. “Two days later, I was told that I had a brain tumour, glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM. The tribute was thought to be the first of its kind in the House of Lords.

Source: Daily Mail May 13, 2018 06:42 UTC