It was a difficult rescue because of the sheer distance we had to winch her. She has done very well to have sustained such minor injuries That is a dangerous stretch of cliffs. We are called out there half-a-dozen times a year."Demi-Leigh regained consciousness in hospital, where doctors said she suffered cuts and bruises, and was discharged yesterday.A North Yorks police spokesman said: "She is now sitting up in bed and recovering well."Mike Puplett, watch manager at Humber Coastguard, said: "This accident demonstrates the need for constant vigilance when near to cliff edges."While the views in this location are magnificent, they are better viewed from a safe distance. They lowered down a paramedic-trained winchman and lifted up the youngster in a stretcher.He added: "Four minutes later she was in Scarborough hospital A&E. She had asked in a living will not to be resuscitated and in the last few days food and water were withdrawn. Mowlam projected a mischievous, idiosyncratic and engaging personality yet her political genius was to seem more recklessly indiscreet than she really was.
For most of her career she was admired for her unpredictable candour while toeing the party line. The former Northern Ireland secretary had been in a coma for two weeks after stumbling and hitting her head at her home. She had experienced difficulties with her balance after a gruelling course of radiotherapy to combat a brain tumour eight years ago.She was taken to King's College Hospital in south London and was transferred last week to the Pilgrims Hospice in Canterbury. Her greatest gift was her normality, the fact that she could relate to people' David Trimble, former Ulster Unionist leader 'She was like a breath of fresh air. You could have a good argument with her one day and good relations the next'. Mo Mowlam, who died yesterday morning at the age of 55, lit up the political stage in an era when dull conformity was a safer route to the top of the Labour Party.
Charles Kennedy, the Liberal Democrat leader,said: "She displayed great courage and deep humanity both in her public life in politics and privately coping with her illness." Former Speaker of the House of Commons Baroness Boothroyd said: "Her death is heartbreaking for those of us who loved her, and it is tragic indeed that she did not live to see her passionate commitment for the peace process come to fruition." Tony Blair, Prime Minister "Behind that extraordinary front was one of the shrewdest political minds I ever encountered" Neil Kinnock, former Labour leader 'She was one hell of a woman. David Trimble, the Former Ulster Unionist leader, said negotiating with her had been "like a breath of fresh air" He said: "It was clear where you were and what she wanted. He said: "She was immensely courageous - not only personally, which she demonstrated in the months leading up to her death, but also intellectually." He added: "Her greatest gift was her normality, the fact she could relate to people, and she made even opponents get a better understanding of the arguments they were having. That was the great armament that she had and she took to Northern Ireland." In Northern Ireland, where Ms Mowlam oversaw the talks that resulted in the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, political leaders praised her tenacity and determination in brokering the deal.