BBC presenter and DJ Lauren Laverne has acquired a most cancers prognosis, she has revealed.
In an Instagram put up, the Desert Island Discs host stated the most cancers had just lately been detected throughout a screening check however was “caught early” and the she is anticipated to take a full restoration.
She thanked the medical groups who had “obtained me this far with unimaginable talent and kindness,” her family and friends, who’ve been “completely extraordinary each step of the way in which” and the groups at her agent, Impartial Expertise Group, radio station BBC 6 Music, BBC journal sequence The One Present and Desert Island Discs, the influential music present she has hosted since 2018.
She urged people who find themselves “avoiding a check or laying aside an appointment” to get checked, noting that “discovering out asap is all the pieces.”
“It’s normally my job to convey good vibes on air however any must spare are very a lot welcome right here,” she added.
Laverne was the lead singer within the Nineties British band Kenickie earlier than transferring into TV presenting for the likes of Channel 4, Sky and the BBC and touchdown radio gigs on BBC 6 Music and XFM. She has offered the breakfast present on BBC 6 Music since 2019, having been named the fifth host of long-running music sequence Desert Island Discs the 12 months earlier than.
She was the co-host of youngsters present CD:UK on ITV and later turned an everyday presenter on The Tradition Present on the BBC. She additionally co-hosted Channel 4’s Various Election Evening in 2010 and joined the forged of satirical sequence 10 O’Clock Reside a 12 months later. She narrates animated children present Tee and Moe and has been a presenter on journal sequence The One Present since final 12 months.
