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.

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.