Tearful tributes to 'lovely' Lynda Bellingham

Friends, family and showbiz stars paid tearful tributes to the actress Lynda Bellingham as they said farewell to an “extraordinary force of nature”.

They reminisced with jokes, verse and near-the-knuckle anecdotes as they fondly recalled the 66-year-old, with her “honking laughter”, who died little over a fortnight ago after she made the decision to end treatment for her cancer.