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Busted star James Bourne has said that his life has been "saved" after his younger brother donated a kidney to him.

The musician, 43, announced last year that he was pulling out of Busted's UK and Ireland tour after struggling with health problems and needed "major surgery to extend" his life.

Bourne has now shared that his younger brother Chris recently came to his rescue by giving him a kidney after doctors had given him a prognosis of just a few years left to live.

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