Deborah James breaks down in heartbreaking BBC Breakfast appearance as she starts end of life care

Deborah James broke down in tears as she recalled "hard conversations" she had had with her children about her death.

The presenter, 40, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 and over the years has been heavily involved in charity work to raise money for cancer research and raise awareness through ITV's No Butts campaign. On Monday evening, Deborah revealed that she was in hospice care.

She has now decided to return home to have her end of life care there, reports The Mirror. She is now, sadly, spending her last days surrounded by family and friends.

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Appearing on BBC Breakfast this morning, she said: "I've always said I don't want to leave any stone unturned - I don't think there isn't a stone we haven't tried to unturn to make my liver work again in order to get my body functioning. Unfortunately I'm exhausted - I'm absolutely exhausted. We've got to the point now where I can't really do anything more. "

She continued as she began to break down in tears: "I have a really loving family who I adore. Honestly, they're incredible and all I knew I wanted was to come here and be able to relax knowing that everything was OK. I've had some really hard conversations during the last week.

"You think, 'Gosh, how can anyone have those conversations?' and then you find yourself in the middle of them. And people are very nice, but you're talking about your own death and I've had five years to prepare for my death."

Deborah went on to say that she didn't have a "grudge" or "angry that [she] hasn't tried everything".

"I don't feel like we've run out of drugs but we're still not - I'm still not there yet," she said as she began to get tearful.