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Radio 4 presenter diagnosed with cancer
Published Thursday, Dec 8 2005, 14:46 GMT | By Miriam Zendle
Nick Clarke, presenter of World at One on BBC Radio 4, has been diagnosed with cancer.
Clarke is expected to make a full recovery after surgery scheduled for the near future, which will involve the loss of a leg. BBC News Online says the presenter hopes to be working again by the summer of 2006.
The head of BBC News, Helen Boaden, said: "We're very sorry indeed to hear this news and send him - and his family - our very best wishes."
Clarke also chairs Any Questions and Any Answers when Jonathan Dimbleby is away, as well as working on debate series Straw Poll and the Round Britain Quiz.
He won the Broadcasting Press Guild's broadcaster of the year award in 2001.
Clarke is expected to make a full recovery after surgery scheduled for the near future, which will involve the loss of a leg. BBC News Online says the presenter hopes to be working again by the summer of 2006.
The head of BBC News, Helen Boaden, said: "We're very sorry indeed to hear this news and send him - and his family - our very best wishes."
Clarke also chairs Any Questions and Any Answers when Jonathan Dimbleby is away, as well as working on debate series Straw Poll and the Round Britain Quiz.
He won the Broadcasting Press Guild's broadcaster of the year award in 2001.
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