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The woman saved by rugby league's brave Steve Prescott.

The woman alive because of pioneering surgery undergone by the late rugby league star Steve Prescott.

Rugby league's legendary Steve Prescott died 3 weeks after having pioneering surgery for abdominal cancer.  We hear from a woman who is alive today thanks to the lessons learnt in the operation Steve was brave enough to put himself through. Plus labour's shadow environment secretary Kerry McCarthy on how she will reconcile her new role with being a vegan.  And the man who has overcome a stammer to give a speech at his school prizegiving 17 years after first being invited.

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