22 h. ago Davina McCall gave Masked Singer performance after discovering brain tumour in case she ‘didn’t make it’

Presenter thought TV moment would be ‘amazing’ for her children to watch if she didn’t survive

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27 h. ago ‘I wasn’t terrified of dying, but I didn’t want to leave my kids’: Davina McCall on addiction, reality TV and the brain tumour that nearly killed her

When the TV presenter was offered a free health screening, she thought it was pointless: she was ‘the healthiest woman you’ve ever met’. But then came the shocking diagnosis. Now fully recovered, she’s re‑evaluating everythingIt all starts with the coil. Of course it does. This is Davina, and Davina McCall doesn’t do personal by halves. “I loved the coil, but people always used to go, ‘I’m not getting the coil, ugh.’ I always wondered why it wasn’t more popular.” So, it was June 2023 and McCall was getting her preferred method of contraception replaced – on TV, naturally, for a documentary. “I asked my children’s permission. ‘Can Mummy get her coil refitted on television?’ They all rolled their eyes, like: ‘God! Here she goes again.’”Post-fitting, her friend Dame Lesley Regan, a gynaecologist, suggested that McCall have a health screening at the state-of-the-art women’s health clinic where she worked, in exchange for a talk she would give on menopause. To be honest, McCall says, she...

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3 d. ago Davina McCall reveals heartfelt legacy goals after 'end of life checklist'

TV presenter Davina McCall has opened up on the legacy she hopes to leave behind after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and made an 'end-of-life checklist'

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3 d. ago Kind Kate doing charity head shave for Brain Tumour Research in memory of Robbie

The funeral arranger is helping Lesleyanne Gibson “turn the pain into something positive” this Friday.

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3 d. ago Antiques Roadshow expert pens bittersweet tribute to family after terminal brain cancer diagnosis

BBC star Theo Burrell was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2022 after suffering debilitating migraines throughout the previous year.

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4 d. ago Girl, 5, given devastating 12 month prognosis celebrates health update

Rosie Hassall started complaining of a pain in her forehead in November 2024 and was later diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour

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5 d. ago Beatson Cancer Charity and Brain Tumour Research shortlisted for third sector award for Charity Partnership of the Year

Beatson Cancer Charity and Brain Tumour Research are proud to announce that their collaboration to establish the Scottish Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence has been shortlisted for the Third Sector Award for Charity Partnership of the Year.

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6 d. ago Girl, six, dies from brain tumour after symptoms were dismissed as 'lazy eye'

Heartbroken mum Elysee Cook, 30, from Leeds, is warning parents of the symptoms of a rare brain tumour, hoping other families can get an earlier diagnosis than her daughter Octavia

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6 d. ago Young girl died after brain tumour dismissed by doctor as 'lazy eye'

Octavia Cook, who was born premature at 29 weeks, was just three-years-old when her mum noticed her eyes were beginning to drift.

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8 d. ago Boy, 6, dies after blurry vision turned out to a brain tumour... optician dismissed symptoms

A young boy died just months after doctors initially dismissed his brain tumour as term-time tiredness and exhaustion from after school clubs.

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9 d. ago Scots farmer thought back pains were from work before shock brain tumour diagnosis

Richard Gospel, 44, started experiencing pins and needles in his back of head and shooting pains in 2023.

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9 d. ago Tragedy as boy, 6, dies from brain tumour in 'every parent's worst nightmare'

Tay Kurtul, from Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, experienced tummy ache, tiredness and heightened emotions, symptoms initially put down to exhaustion from after-school clubs

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9 d. ago Fit and healthy young woman, 28, unknowingly lived with brain tumour for 15 YEARS

A woman from Boston in the US discovered by chance that she had a tumour growing on her brain while on a plane.

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9 d. ago Mum diagnosed with brain tumour after dismissing symptom for 20 years

Nikita Sterling was diagnosed with a ‘large’ meningioma, which doctors suspect ‘could have been growing for 20 years’

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1 week ago Davina McCall's emotional words to partner as she opens up on 'exhausting' health battle

Davina McCall opened up about the challenges in her brain tumour journey, which included an emotional conversation with her partner Michael Douglas

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1 week ago Davina McCall admits she was 'terrified of dying' before her brain tumour diagnosis after family loss

Davina revealed that her parents and sister died quite young, but she's no longer terrified of her own death after her benign brain tumour

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1 week ago Davina McCall fears 'she might not make it' before heartbreaking plea to partner

Davina McCall, who underwent surgery after being diagnosed with a benign brain tumour, admitted that she thought she "might not make it" as she opened up about a pressing lifelong fear

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1 week ago Davina McCall reveals 'terrifying' thoughts about death after brain tumour surgery

TV host and podcaster Davina McCall has overcome a brain tumour and is bouncing back in style this year, but admits that while she's terrified of dying, she had 'come to terms' with it

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1 week ago Davina McCall says she has been ‘terrified of dying my whole life’

The 57-year-old had surgery to remove a benign brain tumour last year.

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1 week ago British grandmother stranded in Turkish hospital is warned complete paralysis is 'best case scenario' after brain tumour deteriorated during family holiday

Gill Taylor-Scarth had been on a 'big family holiday' in the resort town of Fethiye, Turkey, before falling ill on August 23.

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