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Craig Phillips Says Jade Goody Was A Nightmare

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Big Brother 1 winner Craig Phillips has claimed that Jade Goody was “a total nightmare”.

The pair lived together whilst appearing on the Five’s ‘Back To Reality’ in 2004 and Craig says he was often shocked by Jade’s behaviour.

“It was really sad what happened to Jade. In her last six months she did a lot of good work raising awareness of cervical cancer,” Phillips told Take 5 magazine.

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Channel 4 To Air Jade Goody Tribute

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Channel 4 have revealed that they plan to air a two part tribute to Big Brother star Jade Goody, who passed away last month.

The channel had initially said they would not be making a show dedicated to Jade, instead they planned to do a Big Brother tribute. However, given the massive public response to her death and funeral the channel have done a u-turn and will air a tribute show next month.

An insider told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “We weren’t going to do a dedicated show on Jade because she had only just died and everyone was a little overwhelmed by it all. It took a few weeks for her death to truly sink in.

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Christopher Biggins Says Jade Goody Raised Awareness.

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Former I’m A Celebrity winner Christopher Biggins says that Jade Goody raised cancer awareness during her very public battle with the disease.

Speaking after taking part in a charity walk in high heels ahead of Cancer Research UK’s Race For Life – said: “I think that because Jade was so publicly in the spotlight for having cancer, and of course because the cancer got the better of her in the end, it was very emotional.”

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Tragic Jade begged for lethal injection

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It’s been revealed that in an emotional diary entry, Jade Goody begged for a lethal injection to end her suffering in her last days.

Jade apparently told her Mum Jackiey that it was “too hard to wait for death” and that she was “in agony”.

The entry in Jade’s diary tells how she asked Jackiey, “Can you make it happen quicker? Let them give me an injection.”

But it seems Jackiey told her dying daughter that “Life has to run its course” to which Jade replied, “I don’t know what will happen. I know my body will slowly stop… Read more & comment »

Jack Tweed Jailed For 12 Weeks

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Jade Goody’s widower, Jack Tweed, has been jailed for twelve weeks for assaulting a taxi driver.

Jack was found guilty in court last month of attacking Stephen Wilkins. However his lawyer argued that as the incident occurred almost three years ago when Tweed was barely eighteen, he had matured immensely since the attack.

Margaret Webb, chairman of the magistrates, told Tweed the bench had considered his “change in personal circumstances” in passing the sentence.

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Jade Goody’s Gran Wants To Wring Michael Parkinson’s Neck

Jade Goody’s Gran has hit out at Michael Parkinson after he called Jade a wretched role model.

Caddock, 76, reportedly told the Daily Star: “I’d love to give him a piece of my mind. I would love to wring his neck.

“If I could see him face to face I would love to give him a right mouthful and a wallop. But I know that everyone else is behind her so it doesn’t matter what one man thinks.

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Jade Goody’s Diary ‘Forever In My Heart’ Released Early

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The release date of Jade Goody diary has been brought forward to April 16th.

The book will contain a collection of entries written in the months leading up to her death on Mother’s Day.

Jades agent, Mark Thomas, said: “Jade wanted the story of her last months to be told, both as a lasting record for her beloved boys and to raise awareness about screening for cervical cancer so that fewer women will have to go through the same thing that she did.”

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Living To Air Jade Goody Tribute Show

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Following the tragic news of Jade Goody’s death in the early hours of Sunday March 22nd, Living has announced today that it will be airing two tribute shows to celebrate and document Jade’s life. Jade: With Love will include new and exclusive interviews with some of those closest to Jade together with highlights from her four series ‘ on LIVING.

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Big Brother 2009 Dedicated To Jade Goody

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This years Big Brother series is expected to be dedicated to its late housemate, Jade Goody.

Jade died in the early hours of this morning and the Channel 4 reality TV show is expected to host a tribute to her when it returns this May.

An insider told the News Of The World: “Jade was Big Brother. She completely embodied the show.

“This series is a milestone for the show, reaching the decade, so it will be made in tribute to Jade. The series is dedicated to her.”

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Shilpa Shetty To Visit Jade Goody

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Former Celebrity Big brother winner, Shilpa Shetty is hoping to fly in and visit dying Jade Goody at her home this week.

The pair met on the Channel 4 reality TV show where Jade was accused of displaying racist and bullying behaviour towards the Bollywood star, however the pair are said to have struck up a friendship in recent months.

“Shilpa has been keeping in touch with her for months and they are good friends,” Max Clifford told the BBC.

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Jade Goody The Movie?

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If you aren’t already sick of seeing Jade Goody on the front page of every newspaper and of hearing about her on every chat show then you just might be when this time next year they begin to promote the new movie about her life.

Jade’s publicist Max Clifford has told The Daily Telegraph that Simon Cowell has informed him of the rising interest in Goody across the Atlantic. This increased interest means that the option of making a movie about her life seems feasible.

Clifford said: “Practically everyone is asking him how Jade is doing. All the celebrities he meets have been following her story on TV and in newspapers and magazines.

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Jade Goody Confronted By Woman With Hammer

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It must have been a scary moment, as yesterday Jade Goody awoke in her hospital bed to find a woman wielding a hammer muttering over her bed.

Jade’s husband Jack has just left the room to get a cup of tea, when Jade was confronted by the crazed, whispering woman.

Police were called and the woman was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon and taken into custody at a west London police station. She was later released with no charge.

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Michael Jackson Phones Jade Goody

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I have no idea how or why this occurred, but The Sun is running a story today reporting that Michael Jackson phoned Jade Goody at the weekend.

Michael was in London at the time promoting his upcoming summer gigs and is said to have called Jade to hospital to offer her support and well wishes.

A pal told the newspaper: “He learned of Jade’s suffering and wanted to lend his support and comfort her at this awful time. When she was told Michael was on the phone her eyes lit up and she mustered all the strength she could to have a chat.”

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Watch Jade Goody Preparing For Her Wedding

Jade Goody married her boyfriend Jack Tweed and as we previously reported the former Big Brother star allowed Living TV exclusive access to her preparations for the big day.

Jade’s Wedding will air over two nights on Wednesday 11th March and Thursday 12th March.

Max Clifford talks about Jade Goody on GMTV

Max Clifford revealed on GMTV that Jade Goody has had a ‘good night’s sleep’ after doctors brought her pain under control.

Below is the full transcript of Max Clifford’s interview with GMTV’s Andrew Castle:

Andrew Castle: We’re joined now by Jade’s spokesperson and friend – it has to be said – Max Clifford, who’s at his home in Surrey. Max, very good morning to you, I don’t know if you can give us the very latest this morning – have you spoken to her?

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