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Kate Garraway racked up debt after cost of husband Derek Draper’s care exceeded her ITV salary | Ents & Arts News

Kate Garraway has revealed the monthly cost of her husband Derek Draper’s care cost more than her ITV salary, causing her to rack up huge debts.

The Good Morning Britain presenter announced her husband had died at the beginning of January after several years of serious health complications due to COVID.

The former political adviser was 56.

Garraway previously said she spent £16,000 a month on her husband’s basic care needs and mobility therapy.

Now, in a new documentary chronicling the final year of Draper’s life, the presenter admits the huge costs left her in debt.

“Derek’s care costs more than my salary from ITV and that is before you pay for a mortgage, before you pay any household bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point,” Garraway says during the programme.

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Garraway says she had been left with huge debts. Pic: ITV/PA

“I am in debt. I can’t earn enough money to cover my debt because I am managing Derek’s care and I can’t even use the money I do have to support Derek’s recovery because it’s going on the basics all the time.”

She adds: “I’m not going to pretend that I am poorly paid, I have an incredible job that I love, which is well-paid, but it’s not enough.”

During two previous ITV documentaries – Finding Derek and Caring For Derek – Garraway said the cost of basic care for her husband was £4,000 a week, excluding the cost of therapy.

Kate Garraway and Derek Draper in 2006.
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The couple in 2006. Pic: David Fisher/Shutterstock

The presenter, 56, said at the time: “How can I afford that? How can anybody afford £16,000 a month?

“Please God, there could be another 40 years of this.”

Explaining the impact of caring for her husband, the presenter says in the programme she is not strong enough to push her husband’s wheelchair or get him into bed.

“We are entirely reliant on extraordinary carers but the system in which they work is unbelievably complicated, and underfunded, and trying to meet an impossible need,” she says.

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“Why is it that people who get sick and it’s no longer considered the right thing for them to be in hospital… why does coming home feel like falling off a cliff?”

Draper was left with extensive damage to his organs and needed daily care after contracting COVID in March 2020.

He was said to be one of the longest-suffering COVID patients, and returned to the family home, after spending 13 months in hospital.

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In the latest programme, Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story, Draper is heard speaking on camera for the first time saying: “I want you to hear my story.”

“I want to be heard,” he adds.

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Draper became ill after contracting COVID in 2020. Pic: ITV/PA

During the programme, Garraway said she was told by officials that Draper “isn’t sick enough” and “doesn’t have enough of a health need to qualify for funded care”.

“I’ve appealed but that still hasn’t been processed two-and-a-half, three years later,” she says.

“If this is what it’s like for me, what on Earth is it like for everybody else?

“Something has to be done, or the whole service, the people working in it, everything is going to break.”

Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story airs on Tuesday 26 March at 9pm on ITV1, ITVX and STV.

Preventative cancer therapies can cause the disease to ‘hibernate’ and return later, research suggests | UK News

Preventative treatment designed to stop the recurrence of breast cancer can actually cause the cancer cells to mutate and ‘hibernate’, only to grow again years later, according to new findings.

Researchers who set out to explain why breast cancer can return years after initial treatment have found that hormone therapies used to prevent breast cancer from recurring, can trigger changes in some cells.

These changes cause the cells to lie dormant instead of dying off, and the cells “wake up” years later, causing a relapse that is harder to treat.

But the study has found there may be a way to target these “sleeping” breast cancer cells before they wake up, offering new hope for patients with oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer – which makes up 80% of all breast cancers.

Luca Magnani, professor of epigenetic plasticity at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said: “After surgery to remove primary oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer, patients are given five to 10 years of hormone therapy which aims to kill any remaining cancer cells.

“We know that this doesn’t work for all patients though, as their breast cancer can return years, or even decades later.

“We wanted to better understand why breast cancer does return so we can hopefully find ways to stop it – so people don’t have to live in fear or face the devastating news of a relapse.

“Our research identified a key mechanism used by cancer cells to evade therapy by remaining in a dormant state, hibernating before they ‘wake up’ years later and begin to rapidly divide again.”

The study, published in the journal Cancer Discovery, found that inhibiting an enzyme known as G9a prevented cancer cells from becoming dormant and killed the cells that were already hibernating.

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Dr Tayyaba Jiwani, science engagement manager at Cancer Research UK – which funded the research, said: “Breast cancer survival has doubled in the UK over the last 50 years thanks to better detection and screening, but there are still more than 11,000 deaths from this type of cancer every year.

“Although at an early stage, the findings reveal potential new targets for the development of innovative treatments that prevent breast cancer from coming back.”

Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death among UK women, behind lung cancer, with around 11,400 deaths every year (2017-2019), Cancer Research UK said.

In 2022-23, almost 19,000 women across England were diagnosed with the disease thanks to the NHS screening programme.

Tractors descend on Parliament over ‘betrayal’ of British farmers in post-Brexit trade deals | Politics News

A “go slow” convoy of more than 120 tractors is making its way around Westminster tonight as campaigners demand action on food security.

Organised by Save British Farming and the Kent Fairness for Farmers group, they are calling for an end to a number of post-Brexit trade deals, which they claim are allowing imports into the country that fall short of UK standards.

The campaigners have pointed to deals with New Zealand, Australia, and the CPTPP deal with 11 countries including Canada, Japan and Mexico, as well as saying they are no longer on a level playing field with European farmers, who still receive subsidies from the EU and can import their goods across the Channel.

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The group also claims there is a lack of import checks allowing sub-standard food into the country, as well as products being labelled with a Union flag despite not having been grown or reared in Britain.

The convoy of tractors and trailers began the protest in New Covent Garden in central London and the vehicles are now filling the roads around parliament, donned with banners and farmers beeping their horns to bring attention to their cause.

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Save British Farming founder Liz Webster said farmers were “completely and utterly disadvantaged”, likening the situation to “[sending] the English football team to the World Cup and saying ‘off you go, you’ve got chains on your legs and chains on your hands’.”

She added: “In 2019, this government was elected with a mandate to uphold our standards and deliver a ready-made deal with the EU which would see British agriculture boom.

“It is now entirely obvious that they have totally betrayed us all.

“Polling shows that the public back British farming and food and want to maintain our high food standards and support local producers.

“We need a radical change of policy and an urgent exit from these appalling trade deals which will decimate British food.”

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Jeff Gibson, founder of Kent Fairness for Farmers, said: “It’s so important that our message about substandard imports, dishonest labelling and concerns for food security is heard.

“With an election looming, we want to ensure the next incoming government takes up our cause.”

Farming minister Mark Spencer insisted the government “firmly backs our farmers”, and farming was “at the heart of British trade”.

He added: “We put agriculture at the forefront of any deals we negotiate, prioritising new export opportunities, protecting UK food standards and removing market access barriers.

“We’ve maintained the £2.4bn annual farming budget and recently set out the biggest ever package of grants which supports farmers to produce food profitably and sustainably.

“We are also looking at ways to further improve fairness in the supply chain, and have launched a consultation to make food labelling fairer, supporting British farmers and growers and ensuring high-quality British produce get the recognition they deserve.”

Valdo Calocane: Prosecutors correct to accept Nottingham killer’s manslaughter pleas, report finds | UK News

Prosecutors were correct to accept Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane’s manslaughter by diminished responsibility pleas rather than pursue a murder case, the CPS inspectorate has found.

Calocane, 32, stabbed to death students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and 65-year-old school caretaker Ian Coates in June last year.

The attorney general ordered an urgent review into the CPS’s handling of the case after families of the three victims said they were bitterly disappointed that a murder case was not pursued by prosecutors.

They also felt they had not been properly informed about the decision before it was made.

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(L-R) Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar

His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) said in their report published on Monday that the CPS were correct to accept Calocane’s manslaughter by diminished responsibility pleas and a good service was provided to families.

However, the report said there was room for improvement, recommending that the CPS in future provide written guidance to help police family liaison officers explain legal concepts to bereaved families.

They also suggested that the use of the word “consult” when referring to engagement with the families around the legal decision-making in this case may have contributed to a general misunderstanding of the CPS’s obligations to bereaved families.

This is because there is no obligation for the CPS to “consult” victims when deciding on the evidential test of the Code for Crown Prosecutors, but rather to “inform” and “explain” their decision.

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The report said: “It is understandable why the bereaved families find the decision by the CPS to accept the pleas of not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter difficult to accept.

“Their loved ones were violently killed by an offender who knew what he was doing was wrong and who intended to kill them.

“The term manslaughter has the perception to underplay the gravity of what has taken place.”

The report made two recommendations – the first that, by October 2024, the CPS must undertake a review of guidance relating to victims’ engagement to ensure all staff are aware when the use of the terms “consult” or “consultation” is appropriate.

It also recommended that the government consider whether homicide should be categorised into three tiers – first degree murder, second degree murder in cases of diminished responsibility, and manslaughter.

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Screen grab taken from CCTV dated 13/06/23 and time stamped at 04.13am issued by Nottinghamshire Police of Valdo Calocane walking along Radford Boulevard, Nottingham. Valdo Calocane, who stabbed three people to death in Nottingham city centre and attacked three others, has been sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court to a hospital order after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder. Issue date: Thursday January 25, 2024.
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Valdo Calocane walking along Radford Boulevard, Nottingham, prior to the attack. Pic: Nottinghamshire Police/PA

Under such a system – recommended by the Law Commission in 2006 – the unlawful killings in this case would have been categorised as murder, albeit second degree murder, according to the report.

‘Murderers can get away with murder’

Barnaby Webber’s mother, Emma Webber, said she was “disappointed but not entirely surprised” by the outcome.

“Until the law changes in this country, the diminished responsibility charge and plea means that murderers can get away with murder,” she said.

“We’ve never disputed Calocane’s mental health problem, but what I would say is that, at the moment, in this country, and you have mental health problems, it is very unlikely then you are actually going to be tried for murder.

“And it is abhorrent that it can be downgraded to diminished responsibility, just because it is how the law is stated.”

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Emma Webber said she was “disappointed but not entirely surprised” by the outcome of the report. Pic: PA


In response, Stephen Parkinson, director of Public Prosecutions, said: “In tragic and complex circumstances such as these, the CPS has difficult decisions to make, but must always act with independence and professionalism.

“I believe that our team did so in this case, and with considerable dedication and commitment.

“I am grateful to the Inspectorate for the care and thoroughness with which they have reviewed our actions. We will carefully consider the report’s findings.”

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak previously promised the victims’ families that “we will get the answers” but their calls for a public inquiry have so far gone unanswered.

Other investigations into the actions of police and mental health staff continue.

Easter weather: Rain could put dampener on four-day weekend, Met Office warns | UK News

Rain could put a dampener on the plans of millions of Britons this upcoming four-day Easter weekend, forecasters have warned.

Experts say the weather is likely to be “unsettled with rain or showers” in most regions at points this weekend.

Southern and western areas are likeliest to have the heaviest and most frequent showers, according to the Met Office.

However, the forecast is not all doom and gloom, with some drier and brighter spells expected, particularly in northern areas, forecasters say.

It comes as Britons have been warned of long delays on their Easter getaways, with more than 14 million journeys expected on the roads and engineering works set to disrupt rail services.

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In their latest forecast for the weekend, the Met Office wrote: “The Easter weekend is likely to be unsettled with rain or showers in most regions at times, but also some drier and brighter spells.

“The heaviest and most frequent showers are more likely to be in southern and western areas.

“Later in the weekend, there is a chance of northern areas becoming drier with increasing amounts of sunshine.”

According to the Met Office, the Easter weekend is likely to be a “little warmer” than the coming week, which is forecast to be “unsettled, with rain” and chilly winds in some areas.

A yellow weather alert has been issued for most of eastern Scotland tomorrow morning, warning of rain and snow with the potential to cause disruption in places, mainly to travel.

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The snow is expected to be focused over high ground, while there is a small chance that power cuts will occur and that some rural communities could become cut off.

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Alongside unsettled weather, those hoping for an Easter weekend getaway have been warned of disruption to travel.

The RAC says journeys on popular routes could take twice as long as usual, as the bank holiday weekend leads into a two-week holiday for many schools.

RAC spokesperson Alice Simpson also warned it “could be carmageddon” over Easter and said heavy traffic and “lengthy queues can be expected along routes to the usual hotspots”.

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Train services are also set to be stopped in some areas, with Network Rail carrying out engineering works between London Euston and Milton Keynes on the West Coast Main Line – which stretches from the capital to Scotland.

That stretch of rail will be closed between Good Friday and Easter Monday, with disruption also expected in Glasgow and Huddersfield.

Laurence Bowman, Network Rail’s network strategy director, said there is “never a good time to do the work we need to do”, but explained that a lower number of commuters over the bank holiday weekend gives them “the opportunity to do major work we couldn’t do in a normal weekend”.

Home Office launches social media ads in Vietnam to deter small boat migrants | UK News

The Home Office is launching social media adverts to deter Vietnamese nationals from travelling to the UK illegally in small boats.

According to the government, an increasing number of migrants arriving illegally in the UK via the Channel are from Vietnam.

New ads, building on similar ones already used in Albania, will be written in Vietnamese and feature testimonies from people who were misled by the claims of people smuggling gangs.

One migrant, referred to as K, recalls sleeping in a camp in Calais for five nights under the supervision of armed guards before crossing the Channel in a small boat.

He says: “Never again would I risk my life in a small boat even if you bribed me.”

Another, G, says: “I was lying to my family back home. I’m still in debt.”

Someone referred to as A adds: “We still owe £5,500 for the journey.”

Provisional figures have revealed 514 migrants travelled in 10 small boats across the Channel in a single day on Wednesday.

So far this year, illegal small boat arrivals stand at 4,043 – 10% higher than at the same point in 2023.

It comes as video footage, released by the charity Lighthouse Reports, appears to show a French border force boat using aggressive tactics to physically force a migrant boat to turn around.

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The new Home Office adverts aim to debunk myths circulated by criminal gangs – both about the journey and living illegally in the UK when they arrive.

They warn that the Channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, so small boats often risk being hit by larger vessels.

They also say that many boats disintegrate during the journey, leaving passengers at risk of dying by drowning or of hypothermia within minutes.

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On life as an illegal migrant in the UK, they say those who make the journey risk getting into debt with criminal gangs, being forced into modern slavery, and living in inhumane accommodation.

Immigration enforcement and Border Force employee testimonials are also included.

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Home Secretary James Cleverly said: “This is a powerful campaign which demonstrates first-hand that life for people arriving here illegally is a far cry from the lies they have been sold by the gangs on the other side of the Channel.

“Last year, similar work contributed to a 90% reduction in small boat arrivals from Albania, and overall numbers are down by a third, but there is more to do.

“Expanding our campaign to Vietnam, another key partner in our work to tackle illegal migration, will help us to save more lives and dent the business model of the criminals who profit from this vile trade.”

Northern Lights could be visible over parts of the UK tonight | UK News

The Northern Lights could be visible across northern parts of the UK tonight, the Met Office has said.

The phenomenon, also known as Aurora Borealis, often appears above Iceland and Norway but is only occasionally visible from the UK.

Generally, sightings are limited to Scotland.

According to the Met Office, a “combination of fast solar winds” and the “recent arrival of a Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun” could cause a display on Sunday evening into Monday morning.

The Northern Lights are the result of particles from the sun being carried on solar winds and then interacting with the Earth’s atmosphere after being channelled to the polar regions by the planet’s magnetic field.

According to the Royal Observatory Greenwich, different gases have different effects on the colour of the display.

Green indicates solar particles interacting with oxygen, while purple, blue or pink hues are caused by nitrogen.

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A deep red can sometimes be seen as a result of solar particles interacting with oxygen at very high altitudes.

Only under “severe space weather conditions” can the lights be seen throughout the UK – even then, star-gazers need a clear sky and less light pollution.

Armagh: Four people killed in single-vehicle crash, police say | UK News

Four people have died in a single-vehicle crash in Armagh, Northern Ireland, police have said.

The crash, involving a grey Volkswagen Golf, happened on Ballynahonemore Road at around 2.10am this morning.

The driver and three passengers – who have not yet been identified – were declared dead at the scene.

District Commander Superintendent Paul McGrattan said: “This is an unspeakable tragedy for the families involved, and for the wider community, who will understandably struggle to comprehend such loss of life.

“A thorough and sensitive investigation is now under way, and anyone with information that could assist us is asked to get in touch with the collision investigation unit.”

He added: “Police remain at the scene at present and the Ballynahonemore Road will be closed for most of the day.

“The thoughts of the entire police service are with the families, friends and loved ones of those who have lost their lives.”

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson described the crash as “devastating” in a post on X.

“Tragic news coming from Armagh,” he said.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the four deceased in this devastating incident.”

Women in UK face average wait of almost nine years for endometriosis diagnosis | UK News

Women in the UK are waiting almost nine years for an endometriosis diagnosis, according to research that found many women are “dismissed, ignored and belittled”.

The study by the charity Endometriosis UK found waiting times for the condition to be formally identified have significantly deteriorated since the pandemic, increasing to an average of eight years and 10 months – up 10 months since 2020.

The report, which surveyed 4,371 women, also found that almost half of respondents had visited their GP 10 or more times with symptoms before receiving a diagnosis.

Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes.

It impacts around one in 10 women and symptoms can vary from person to person.

“My periods are… painful to the point where I’m bedbound,” said Sanchia Alasia, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2010, after 15 years of symptoms.

Sanchia Alasia, was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2010, after 15 years of struggling with the condition
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As a former mayor of a London borough, she has led a busy and productive life – but pain and discomfort were never far away.

“I’ve missed so many engagements,” she said.

“I remember missing my nephew’s funeral. I’ve missed dinners, day trips. I wouldn’t even count the amount of money I’ve lost over things that I’ve booked and not been able to attend.

“It can be incredibly frustrating,” she added.

Emma Cox, chief executive of Endometriosis UK, said the problems with diagnoses persist because symptoms are often misunderstood.

“Day to day, without a diagnosis, some people have real issues both physical and mental health, because they’ll be in severe pain,” Ms Cox said.

If left undiagnosed and untreated, endometriosis can lead to worsening physical symptoms and even permanent organ damage.

The charity’s research showed that, while women in England and Scotland wait an average of eight years and 10 months for a diagnosis, those in Northern Ireland wait nine years and five months, and those in Wales wait nine years and 11 months.

It also found that 52% of respondents had visited A&E at least once due to symptoms of endometriosis.

Emma Cox, CEO of charity Endometriosis UK
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Ms Cox said: “We want this to be a real wake-up call for governments and the NHS.

“What we’d like to see is a commitment from the NHS and governments in each nation in the UK, to have a target of an average diagnosis time, by a year or less by 2030.

“We believe that’s doable,” she added.

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Minister for the Women’s Health Strategy, Maria Caulfield, admitted more needs to be done to improve women’s experiences of the healthcare system.

“From getting an initial diagnosis to getting the right care and treatment, we must learn from this report,” she said.

“We launched our Women’s Health Strategy to do just this – listen to women. Endometriosis is a priority area within our strategy, so expect to see more in this space.

“Through the strategy, we are working to turn ‘dismissed, ignored and belittled’ into ‘listened to, understood and empowered’.”

Boy, 12, arrested after teenage girl stabbed | UK News

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenage girl was stabbed in Kent, police have said.

Officers and paramedics were called to Adelaide Drive in Sittingbourne at 3.55pm on Friday after reports of a stabbing, according to Kent Police.

They found the girl with knife wounds at the scene and rushed her to hospital in London, where she remains in a stable condition.

The boy was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and is still in custody.

Police are urging anyone with any information, CCTV, or dashcam footage from the scene to come forward.