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Thursday March 6, 2008

In brief: Dirty Dancing star Swayze has pancreatic cancer

Patrick Swayze, 55-year-old star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; however, his doctor says reports that the actor (pictured above with co-star Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing) has just five weeks to live are "absolutely untrue"... Paula Radcliffe has been forced to withdraw from next month's London Marathon - an event she won in 2002, 2003 and 2005 - after injuring her toe while training in New Mexico... The Duchess of York is swapping her Manhattan penthouse for a £40-a-night guesthouse on a deprived council estate in Hull for an ITV reality show on obesity... The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are to visit Turkey in May, their first trip there since 1971... Prince Harry has been photographed on a night out with girlfriend Chelsea Davy for the first time since his 10-week stint in Afghanistan... England football coach Fabio Capello has said there is a "strong possibility" that former captain David Beckham could earn his 100th cap, in the friendly against France in Paris on March 26…

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