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The parents of a little girl found out she had cancer after a cute photograph of her falling asleep in a swing turned out to be a deadly symptom. 

Dave Fletcher, 39, thought he was capturing a cute moment when he pictured daughter Izzy dozing off at a playground when she was 23-months-old. 

But just a few weeks later Dave and wife Vicky, 37, discovered their toddler daughter’s tiredness turned out to be a sign that she had leukaemia.

The now three-year-old has since undergone 570 doses of chemotherapy and is receiving maintenance therapy in a bid to stop the cancer returning. 

Dave said he thought nothing of it at first when he snapped Izzy nodding off in the swing at a park near their home in Claines, Worcestershire.

He is now warning other parents to be vigilant and look out for the tell-tale signs. Dave said: ‘It was just an afternoon pop out to the swings. She was swinging away – I turned around and she had dropped off. 

‘She was drowsy and fell asleep but I didn’t think much of it. I thought it was a cute moment and just took a picture of her as you do. ‘It was only afterwards we realised it was all part of the symptoms and what I’d captured was her displaying signs of something more sinister. 

‘She had been tired, had had a few colds or viruses, and quite a bit of bruising on her legs. But we put all this down to normal childhood bumps and minor illness.

‘You get a bit sentimental, looking at pictures of her before she was ill – you just realise how much she’s been through since at so young.’ The couple first took Izzy to a GP in January last year after a strange rash appeared on her leg.

By the next morning, Izzy’s rash had spread and she then developed a temperature, so her parents took her to Worcester Royal Hospital. 

She was diagnosed with leukaemia the same day and began a course of chemotherapy the following week. Dave added: ‘She has grown up very quickly and been subjected to medicine she doesn’t like but has taken everything in her stride so far. 

‘When she was diagnosed it came out of the blue. We were both in real shock as it happened so fast.

R‘It was a big unknown. A family member died of leukaemia five years ago, so it was a scary time. ‘We didn’t know what was going to happen at that stage or what the future held.’ Brave Izzy has now received a Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens Star Award in recognition of what she has been through. 

Vicky, 37, said: ‘Izzy was so excited to receive her award. It was a nice positive experience that rewarded her for struggling on with her treatment.’

Jane Redman, spokesperson for Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens in Worcestershire, said: ‘Cancer can have a devastating impact on their lives and many of those who survive may live with serious long-term side effects from their treatment. 

‘Our mission is to fund research to find new, better and kinder treatments for young cancer patients. ‘We want to bring forward the day when every child and young person survives cancer and does so with a good quality of life.’

Piers Morgan didn’t hold back as he weighed in on the picture of David Beckham kissing his daughter Harper on the lips. 

Fans came to the footballer’s defence after he shared the sweet photo of himself giving his seven-year-old daughter a peck on the lips. But Piers is firmly on the opposite side of the debate, labelling the kiss ‘weird’. Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, he said: ‘If the kid’s seven you don’t kiss them on the lips. 

‘My sons got a firm handshake or the 50 Cent shoulder thing, or a full manly hug. ‘I think it’s weird.’ He also criticised David for sharing the photo of his daughter in the first place. Piers Morgan slates David Beckham for kissing Harper Play Video Loaded: 0% 0:00Progress: 0% PlayMute Current Time 0:00 / Duration Time 0:59 Fullscreen

I’m A Celeb’s John Barrowman was rushed to hospital after suffering an accident in the campsite. He has been excluded from the public votes after the star injured himself earlier in the evening. 

At the start of Sunday’s episode host, Dec Donnelly said: ‘It has been an eventful 24 hours. John Barrowman had an accident in camp last night and was taken to the hospital. ‘He’s fine, he’s resting up, but unfortunately, we have had to exclude him from tonight’s vote until we know whether he is able to return to camp.’

Co-host Holly Willoughby added: ‘As a result, the vote has been frozen.’ I’m A Celebrity is heading towards its final stages, with the first of its jungle dwellers having already left camp. Both campers and viewers were left reeling when Noel Edmonds became the first person to be voted off the show on Friday night. 

For those left, however, things aren’t about to get any easier – with Fleur East set to take on a particularly grim Bushtucker Trial on Sunday’s show.

As well as Fleur’s trial, the episode will also feature the second elimination of the series – with the campmates finding out which of them will be following Noel out of camp and back to the real world. The TV presenter lasted just nine days in the jungle after being a late arrival to the series – and admitted when he left on Friday that he would miss favourite Harry Redknapp the most.

Lady Gaga has addressed text messages sent to Kesha about Katy Perry, branding the singer a ‘mean’, as part of an unsealed testimony. 

Gaga and Katy were dragged into the case Kesha had launched against producer Dr Luke, after she alleged he had sexually assaulted her. However, now text messages have emerged that were allegedly unsealed in Dr Luke’s defamation case against Kesha. 

In text messages that surfaced throughout the case, they showed conversations between Kesha and Gaga, in which the latter labelled Katy Perry ‘mean’ and ‘not as strong’ as Kesha was, because, as Kesha was saying, the Roar singer had been ‘raped by the same man’ but could ‘undo the whole case’ by not admitting it.

‘Was crying a lot today and needed my mom. I’m really upset with Katy Perry,’ Kesha told Gaga in the text exchange on 26 February, 2016, according to Radar Online. ‘[Katy] could bring the whole thing to a head … 

She was raped by the same man. She is probably really afraid to lose everything.’ Gaga replied: ‘U are really strong standing up to him, she’s not as strong as u yet. ‘Have you talked to her?’ ‘[You’re] right,’ Kesha replied. ‘I need to find sympathy and empathy for her. She’s so mean. It’s hard.’ 

‘Do you want me to see if I can talk to her?” Gaga said. “I know she’s mean.’ Kesha then allegedly asked if Gaga was friendly with Katy, to which Gaga reportedly replied: ‘NO…omg NO. ‘She makes me angry about shit [but] I just try to have empathy for her.’ 

Now, over the weekend the Star Is Born actress took to Twitter to set the record straight, after her messages were released to the public. ‘@katyperry & I have grown up in the industry together. 

We’ve gone through both celebrations & differences w/ each other,’ she wrote. ‘These are old texts. We’ve matured, gotten over the past, love each other & share deep respect. Katy is my friend and is truly a kind soul. End of story.’

.@katyperry & I have grown up in the industry together. We’ve gone through both celebrations & differences w/ each other. These are old texts. We’ve matured, gotten over the past, love each other & share deep respect. Katy is my friend and is truly a kind soul. End of story. ❤️

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 30, 2018

Hip Hop star, Cardi B, turned heads as she stormed the stage to perform at iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in a revealing gold fringed co-ords on Friday night.

The 26-year-old rapper and mother of one showed off her incredible body and her washboard abs in the statement gold crop top, which she matched with a fringed skirt and crochet robe, along with block-heeled lace-up boots.

The revealing outfit flashed Cardi's cleavage and her backside while performing on stage.

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A Tottenham supporter was arrested for throwing a banana skin at Arsenal and Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after he scored during north London derby on Sunday.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed there were seven arrests made and one arrested was a Tottenham fan who hurled banana skin onto the pitch as Aubameyang celebrated scoring an early penalty in front of the Tottenham fans.

The authorities said as Arsenal players mobbed around their star striker who scored the first goal in the match, a banana was seen to be thrown from the away section, landing close by where the Arsenal team celebrated the goal.

The moment the piece of fruit was seen hurling through the air was captured by photographers at the stadium.