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promised I’ll be his

customer for life.”

John said: “She had a

little patch of

discolouring quite far

back on her head.

“I have seen it before

with clients. It is always

best to get it checked.”

Claire is also urging

people who spot

anything unusual to see

their doctor.

She said: “The

chances are very high

that whatever it is will

be benign.”

now returned to the

salon in Dorchester,

Dorset, to give him a

big hug and a Bakewell

tart as a thank you.

The mother-of-two

said: “I had an itchy

scalp but I just thought

it was eczema. As soon

as I went to my GP, he

knew what it was.

“Had John not

noticed, it would have

carried on growing and

growing. I have now

By News Reporter

By Tom Bryant

Hilarious

A WOMAN has hailed
her hairdresser after he
spotted she had skin
cancer during her cut
and blow-dry.
Claire Bascombe, 59,
was having a trim at
John Edwards’s salon
when he spotted a lump
on her scalp.
He suggested she see
her GP, who diagnosed
basal cell carcinoma.
Retired nurse Claire
had a 50p-sized tumour
removed and was given
the all-clear. She has

Hairdresser spots cancer

A QUARTER of new

parents see their social

life disappear after their

first child, a study says.

Four in ten say they

have lost touch with

friends and family since

becoming a parent.

The poll, by baby food

brand Piccolo, also found

25 per cent have been

shunned when taking

their child out to eat.

Founder Cat Gazzoli

said: “The clientele are

not always welcoming.”

Baby ‘kills

social life’

including Lorraine Kelly talking to

each other as they hand over from

show to show.

The proposal adds: “With the feel

of a continuous live broadcast featur-

ing favourite and familiar faces, the

shows would have more interaction

between the end of each show and

a smoother handover between

presenters into the next show.

“Lorraine may chat with Phil and

Holly to hand over each day.”

ITV has been agonising over what

to replace the Jeremy Kyle Show

with, as it was the most popular

programme in the channel’s daytime

schedule, attracting a regular

audience of a million viewers.

It was axed after the suicide of

guest Steve Dymond.

It is understood ideas have been

piloted, with production companies

having been asked to pitch shows.

ITV fears, however, that any new

show in that slot would, understanda-

bly, be compared to Kyle and struggle

to build an audience.

A source said that Holly and Phil,

who earn around £600,000 each,

were the “natural choice” and “the

number one choice” to fill the slot

left vacant by Kyle.

Last night, an ITV insider

said they were “looking at

different ideas” although

“no decisions have yet been

made on the slot”.

Mother-of-three Holly

has spent her summer

family holiday soaking up

the sun in Portugal alongside

her co-host and close friend

Phillip.

The popular stars take a

few weeks off the morning

show every July and

August. This Morning

has been a staple of

ITV since its debut

in 1988.

Jeremy Kyle... left
vacant slot on ITV

‘Number one choice’... Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield set for earlier start

Viewers set for

more Phil and

Holly in huge

ITV shake-up

STAR presenters Phillip Schofield
and Holly Willoughby are to win
huge pay rises as ITV plans a massive
overhaul of its daytime schedule.
Station bosses are reportedly work-
ing on a top secret plan to fill the gap
left by the axed Jeremy Kyle Show.
One proposal is to launch a bumper
This Morning series.
The daytime favourite would start
half an hour earlier at 10am, with
Phil and Holly talking through view-
ers’ letters and stories of the day
where “nothing is off limits”.
As part of the plan, the first half
hour of Good Morning Britain would
be replaced with news – meaning a
lie-in for presenters Piers Morgan and
Susanna Reid, who would start at
6.30am instead of 6am.

Meanwhile, Lorraine would be
moved to the later start of 9am.
The plan detailing the changes was
submitted to a select ITV focus group
for feedback.
A copy of it reads: “An earlier
helping of Phil and Holly every day
with a new show opener at 10am fea-
turing funny viewers’ letters and
emails with the hilarious and peculiar
things they have sent in.
“From crying with laughter
at naughty pictures innocent
kids have drawn to recalling
personal funny and relatable
anecdotes. Nothing is off
limits as they talk about the
stories and pictures of the
day that have grabbed their
attention.”
Bosses also said they
wanted the daytime
schedule to become
“more of a live
event” – with all
the presenters