Buxton

British

/ ˈbʌkstən /

noun

a town in N England, in NW Derbyshire in the Peak District: thermal springs. Pop: 20 836 (2001)

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Leading robotic urological surgeon Professor Prokar Dasgupta said it felt "almost as if I was there" as he carried out a prostrate removal on Paul Buxton.

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Buxton is originally from Burnham‑on‑Sea in Somerset but moved to Gibraltar 40 years ago.

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Buxton had expected to be put on an NHS waiting list after receiving a shock prostate cancer diagnosis just after Christmas, but he "jumped at the chance" to be the first patient to undergo the treatment remotely as part of a trial.

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Buxton said he was "really well looked after" and was "feeling fantastic" following the operation on 11 February.

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Reviews of Wuthering Heights have been decidedly mixed and content creator Amelia Buxton - who wrote an Instagram post calling the stars' relationship the "PR romance no one asked for" - says this could be one reason for the potential marketing gimmick.

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