Viewers have flocked to social media to sent George Alagiah well wishes after returned to the BBC’s News At Six tonight after ‘ six months of treatment’ for bowel cancer.
The 66-year-old was diagnosed with the devastating condition in 2014, and took a break from his presenting duties in October last year to deal with the further spread of the disease, according to his agent.
He was back on the air today following his presenting break and made no reference to his hiatus or cancer treatment during the show.
His return to the news show started with him presenting a piece on a £120million scheme that will see immigrants sent to East Africa for a new life.
BBC News’ political editor Chris Mason was one of the first to send him well wishes for his return to TV.
He tweeted: ‘=”Welcome back @BBCAlagiah!”
And dormer BBC News science editor David Shukman wrote: “Really delighted that the wonderful @BBCAlagiah is returning to our screens tonight. George, very best wishes.”
While other viewers rushed to the comment section to send their own words of praise to the presenter.
One said: “It was good to see you again on the news, Mr Alagiah!”
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Another wrote: “We’re all glad your treatment is helping even better to see you back giving the news. Hope everything is going good for you George Alagiah.”
Ahead of his return today, George said: “I’ll be back in the studio today after months of treatment.
“Pure coincidence – it’s 8 years to the day since I was told I had stage 4 #bowelcancer So good to be with the News at Six team again.”
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George had 17 rounds of chemotherapy to treat his advanced bowel cancer in 2014, before returning to presenting duties in 2015 after making progress against the disease
But he required further treatment in 2017 after the cancer returned before he again returned to work.
In 2020, he tested positive for coronavirus and opted to stop presenting in the studio during the outbreak due to advice from doctors and colleagues.
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