BBC broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire diagnosed with Breast Cancer

Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire has announced that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The award-winning radio and TV journalist, 46, announced on Twitter on Wednesday evening that she would undergo a mastectomy as part of her treatment in the coming weeks and that she hoped to continue broadcasting her Victoria Derbyshire TV programme “as much as possible” while she recovered.
She joined BBC Radio Five Live in 1998, going on to co-present the breakfast show with Nicky Campbell before taking over the station’s mid-morning show. In April, she began presenting a new current affairs television show that the BBC flagged as a new centrepiece for their daytime scheduling, airing on both BBC2 and BBC News.
Derbyshire said friends, family and colleagues were offering support and the NHS staff looking after her “were being brilliant”.
Derbyshire, who has also presented Newsnight, won a speech broadcaster of the year award in 2014. Her talent has been widely praised, with BBC bosses saying they wanted the immediacy she brought to her radio show to translate to TV. A BBC
spokesman said: “We wish Victoria a full and speedy recovery & look forward to having her back full time as soon as possible.”