Number of people taking bowel cancer tests up 50% in a decade as NHS chiefs praise Dame Deborah James’ campaign

NHS bowel cancer screening has now tested nearly 85million people for the disease and uptake has soared with the help of Sun columnist Dame Deborah James. The health service is marking 20 years of the routine testing programme that began in 2006. Figures show it has caught 70,000 cases by checking people with no symptoms,...