A farmer diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of just 33 is advising younger people to get symptoms checked early.

James Rogers from Hertfordshire needed surgery and chemotherapy after doctors initially ruled out cancer despite warning signs.

Bowel Cancer UK says cases are rising among under-50s and early diagnosis can be life-saving.

40 year old Dame Deborah James from Barnes, known as Bowel Babe, also raised awareness of bowel cancer before her death in 2022.