BBC Breakfast hosts deliver heartbreaking news as guest given incurable cancer diagnosis

Sally Nugent and Jon Kay delivered some heart-wrenching news to BBC Breakfastviewers on Monday morning, revealing that guest Ian Teasdale is battling incurable cancer.

Despite his grim diagnosis, Ian remains resolute in his mission to raise as much money as he can to "support other people with cancer".

Launching the poignant segment, Sally said, "Now, after being diagnosed with incurable cancer three years ago, Ian Teasdale made it his mission to climb all 214 Wainwright fells in the Lake District as part of a project he is calling Terminal Hillness."

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Jon added, "Yeah, with his wife Catherine by his side, Ian has already raised nearly £10,000 to support other people with cancer, and the couple have been telling us why they decided to take on such a mammoth challenge."

Discussing why he chose to undertake such a daunting task, Ian explained, "The key thing about cancer, I say it throws you upside down, and the key thing to realise is that it doesn't change who you are fundamentally," reports the Express.

"I'm still me, but with C, and the real me likes going up mountains, so why shouldn't I continue to do it?".

He went on, "We were going down to Cheltenham, where my wife's parents live, and I just needed to talk to somebody.

"I was aware that there was this charity called Maggie's that runs support centres, and there was one in Cheltenham, so we gave them a ring.

"It was just what was required and sort of set me on the road to healing inside, and it felt like a warm hug from somebody who understood."

Ian added, "One day I thought, 'Yeah, let's get Maggie's to Cumbria, let's have a permanent cancer support base in Cumbria and maybe I should raise some money as well'."

Ian beamed with a huge grin whilst discussing his condition and how everything "seems beautiful."

He revealed, "There's also an intensity when you know that you have a terminal illness; everything seems beautiful. Everything seems rich and intense.

"The project has become a really important part of my life. It's reframed by cancer, so it's helping me to cope with the diagnosis. Everybody is different and everybody has different things, but for me, this really, really helps."

As the segment concluded, Sally exclaimed, "Amazing," whilst Jon remarked, "That smile on his face."

BBC Breakfast broadcasts every morning at 6am on BBC One.