BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri has revealed she has incurable blood cancer after undergoing gruelling treatment for nearly two years.

The 49-year-old was diagnosed with polycythaemia vera (PV), a rare condition in which bone marrow produces too many red blood cells.

It causes the blood to become unusually thick and can lead to potentially deadly blood clots, heart attacks and strokes if left untreated.

There is currently no cure, but the condition can typically be managed as a chronic illness.

Moshiri told The Times the gruelling treatment “is better than dying, obviously, of a horrible cancer. But it’s something that you have to get your head around”.

She added that the disease and its treatment “takes its toll after many years”.

The presenter first discovered she had the condition after undergoing a blood test linked to the menopause.

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