Jade diagnosed with cancer on Big Brother

Jade Goody has been diagnosed with cervical cancer, her spokesperson has said.

The reality TV star withdrew from the Indian Big Brother house, which she entered at the weekend, after learning the news.

She was reportedly called into the Diary Room, where her consultant passed on the results of tests she had taken earlier this month.

After running from the room in tears, the 27-year-old was led out of the compound and flown back to the UK for treatment.

The Sun quotes a friend as saying: "She was called into the Diary Room and spoke to her agent, then her consultant in the UK. She burst into tears and ran out and said to her housemates, ‘I have cancer’."

Her spokesperson said: “She went for tests and results have come back and she has cancer.”

Goody was previously tested for bowel cancer in 2006 and ovarian cancer in 2004, receiving the all-clear on both occasions.