Brave Tessa Jowell toasts daughter’s 37th

DAME Tessa Jowell is determined to keep living life to the full.

The former Labour Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer last year, raised a glass of champagne as she toasted her musician daughter Jess, who turns 37 today.

‘ We don’t need much excuse to celebrate life right now,’ Jess says.

‘To celebrate each other, life, love and just being able to take time for the most delicious lunch ever. Everything is the most precious gift.’

Baroness Jowell, 70, was joined by her husband, retired lawyer David Mills, and son Matt, 34, who is married to best-selling foodie ‘Deliciously Ella’.

Last month, Jess brought forward her wedding to fellow musician, Finn Vine, so that her mother could attend.