BBC'S Deborah James says 'no one knows how long I have' in heartbreaking post following cancer battle

BBC presenter Deborah James has announced 'the time has come to say goodbye' as she shared a heartbreaking Instagram post in which she admitted 'no one knows how long I have'. The presenter, 40, was first diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in December 2016 and has documented her fight online ever since, but in her most recent update, said her body 'just can't continue anymore'.

The star and author, who was handed her diagnosis just days before Christmas, took to her Instagram on Monday (May 8) to reveal that she no longer knows how long she has left as she opened up about her fight, that has seen her health deteriorate in recent months.

Sharing the latest update on her health, the mum-of-two revealed that her 'body isn't playing ball' and announced she has been moved to hospice care at home to spend time with her family. She penned: "The message I never wanted to write. We have tried everything, but my body simply isn’t playing ball.

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"My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I’m not in pain and spending time with them.

"Nobody knows how long I’ve got left but I’m not able to walk, I’m sleeping most of the days, and most things I took for granted are pipe dreams. I know we have left no stone unturned.

"But even with all the innovative cancer drugs in the world or some magic new breakthrough, my body just can’t continue anymore. In over 5 years of writing about how I thought it would be my final Christmas, how I wouldn’t see my 40th birthday nor see my kids go to secondary school - I never envisaged