I just know that he's a clever guy, doing everything he can.". George Alagiah has said he is "overwhelmed" by supportive comments from viewers welcoming his return to BBC One's News at Six. Love Island star Dr Alex George preparing for ‘hardest day of his life’ after brother’s death, George RR Martin broke his word and Game of Thrones fans are officially permitted to ‘imprison him’. George Alagiah has revealed that his bowel cancer has spread to his lungs. He remains positive and comforts himself by asserting that he will be around the next day having “learnt to live with the uncertainty”.

In an interview in 2018 he said that had he lived in Scotland, where bowel screenings start at 50 not 60 like in England, that he almost certainly would not be terminal.
The journalist recently opened up about his Stage 4 diagnosis and how it affected his family and mental health in a new podcast. Since then, he’s praised his wife Frances Robathan for helping him overhaul his eating habits. The presenter, 64, was first diagnosed with the illness in 2014 and later … Just 1,800 out of 110,000 occupied hospital beds are currently taken up... Thousands of ventilators bought at the height of the Covid crisis are sitting in warehouses due to a lack of... Government should introduce 'Nightingale classes' say teachers as latest figures show one in six state... Just what the doctor ordered! According to Bowel Cancer UK figures, more than 41,200 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK.

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He said: “The fact that I'm being treated for cancer means that I should have been shielding, but I also contracted Covid and beat it, so I've been able to carry on working in between my chemo sessions. He added: ‘I’ve known them now for six years… In fact, I said to one of them a couple of years ago, that he better do the worrying for me, because I can’t deal with that. Wishing you all the best.’. George started his journalism career at the BBC in 1989 and became one of the BBC's leading foreign correspondents, reporting on new stories in Iraq and Afghanistan.

On Twitter, one person said: '#bb1 Welcome back dear Geroge Alagiah. The BBC News at Six presenter is undergoing chemotherapy after he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014 and again in 2017.. ', Another user was happy to see him back and commented on his new appearance, they said: 'Great to see @georgealagiah back leading BBC news.

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