BBC broadcaster says in interview he feels lucky but that he does not think he will ‘get rid of this thing’

The BBC newsreader George Alagiah has said he feels lucky for the life he has lived even though cancer will “probably get me in the end”.

Alagiah, 66, was first diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in April 2014, which subsequently spread to his lungs, liver and lymph nodes, and he announced in October he was taking a break from his presenting duties as he deals with “a further spread of cancer”.

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