Farmer Diagnosed With Bowel Cancer Aged 33 Urges Others to Get Symptoms Checked

Undated handout photo of James Rogers pictured with partner, Ellie Henderson, and their daughters Lily, seven, and Amelia, eight. A farmer who was diagnosed with bowel cancer aged 33 has urged other young people to get symptoms of the disease checked out. James Rogers, from Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, who runs a large Christmas tree farm, was diagnosed with bowel cancer last May. Issue date: Monday January 5, 2026.

A farmer who was diagnosed with bowel cancer aged 33 has urged other young people to get symptoms of the disease checked out.

James Rogers, from Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, who runs a large Christmas tree farm, was diagnosed with bowel cancer last May.