PM: 'I applaud Goody's determination'

Gordon Brown has praised Jade Goody's "determination" to provide for her family.

Speaking at his monthly news conference at Downing Street, the Prime Minister expressed his sympathy for the terminally ill reality star.

"It's very sad and indeed tragic that someone so young has got this deadly disease... and it's very sad indeed that the treatment that has been given has not been successful," he told reporters.

However, Brown praised Goody's "determination to help her family" by selling the rights to her wedding, adding: "[It] is something that we've got to applaud."

Goody, 27, has confirmed that she will marry her boyfriend Jack Tweed at Down Hall in Hertfordshire on Sunday.

OK! has paid £700,000 for the exclusive images of the ceremony, while Living TV has reportedly pledged £100,000 for the rights to broadcast the event on TV.