Davina McCall, the former host of Big Brother and one of the UK's best-known television presenters, is recovering in hospital following a six-hour operation to remove a benign brain tumor. Her partner Michael Douglas wrote in a statement on Instagram on Friday evening: “Hey all.

Davina McCall is recovering from surgery she underwent to remove a rare brain tumour, her partner has said. The TV presenter, 57, earlier posted a video on Instagram to say she had been diagnosed with a type of benign tumour called a colloid cyst.

McCall described it as a "big" tumour, 14mm wide, adding: "It needs to come out, because if it grows, it would be bad."