Cancer campaigner Tomlinson passes away

Terminal cancer sufferer and charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson has died, a family spokesman said today.

Mrs Tomlinson, 43, from Leeds, who raised £1.75m (€2.6m) for charity, died at St Gemma’s Hospice, Leeds, at 9pm yesterday.

She was diagnosed with terminal cancer seven years ago but defied her illness - and often doctors’ orders – to dedicate her life to raising money for charity.