Tributes paid to trainer Nicki Waterman following her death at 52

Tributes have been paid to Nicki Waterman, fitness trainer to the stars, following her death from a rare form of cancer.

Mrs Waterman, a member of Belsize Square Synagogue, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour last year.

She was originally told that she would only live until February, but a revolutionary private treatment helped to temporarily fight off the tumour.

The 52-year-old had lost a number of her family members to cancer in the past year. Her husband, Dennis, died last October, while her brother Colin died in February.

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