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Property TV presenter Sarah Beeny has opened up on fearing death after receiving her cancer diagnosis. She was told that she had breast cancer in August 2022.

She underwent treatment, including chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, and announced she was given the "all-clear" in April 2023. Speaking to the i Paper, she said: "My fears about cancer were 40 years out of date. I thought cancer equalled a coffin. I'm not saying there aren't unbelievably tragic stories, because there are, but now the gap between diagnosis and the coffin is much wider. I was diagnosed with a genetic trait called PALB2, which increased the risk of breast cancer. I had the option of having a bilateral mastectomy, but I thought: 'I'll just do them both'. Surgery is extraordinary now."

She added: "I'm not sure I want to honour my cancer as a life-changing situation. I don't think it deserves to be the pivotal moment in my life. I'd rather honour having my children, or the amazing businesses I've built."

Sarah recently attacked Chancellor Rachel Reeves' latest plans for the NHS. The Labour government previously announced plans to spend £1.57bn on equipment and buildings within the health service in a pledge to increase the number of NHS hospital appointments and procedures in England by 40,000 per week.

Britain's Best Home presenter, Sarah, hit out at the plans, saying that she "doesn't understand it" as she offered a suggestion for a "simpler" fix.

Taking to Instagram, in a post captioned: "Not 100% sure of current budget ideas...," the 53-year-old TV host explained that she had been in her greenhouse when she began thinking about Rachel Reeves' plans for the NHS.

"I've been thinking about Rachel Reeves last week, announcing billions of pounds to be invested in buildings to solve the NHS waiting lists," she shared.

"Is it just me, or would you not think that that money would be better used so that it subsidised doctors and nurses in this country training to be doctors and nurses, and not having to rack up debt?"

She continued: "It seems really odd. I mean, I really understand the equipment, but the buildings are fine. We just need more doctors and nurses, and they need to be incentivised to train and to work by being paid more and not having debt. Isn't that kind of simple? I don't really understand it."