'I have only weeks left to live. So I’ve picked the date I will die... just after Christmas': Much-loved actress Lynda Bellingham reveals the story of her 14-month cancer battle

Actress Lynda Bellingham, 66, (left) was diagnosed with colon cancer in June last year and, after receiving several bouts of chemotherapy, is now coming to terms with having just weeks left to live. The former Loose
Women panellist, who is also well known for starring in the OXO adverts (bottom right) plans to stop the chemotherapy sessions in November and hopes to spend one last Christmas with her family. She is now trying to spend as much time with her husband Michael Pattemore (pictured together on their wedding top right) and her children.

Enduring star: Lynda posing for a 1970s photoshoot