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BBC journalist in third cancer fight

A TV journalist has revealed she may die within six months after being diagnosed with cancer for a third time.

BBC news correspondent Helen Fawkes, 41, was diagnosed with an advanced form of the disease on Christmas Eve, 11 years after she was first confirmed to have cancer.

Having fought the disease twice before, Ms Fawkes revealed she may be "dead by the summer".

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