BBC News anchor Maryam Moshiri reveals blood cancer diagnosis to raise awareness

For nearly twenty-five years, Maryam Moshiri has delivered the world's events to millions; now she has chosen to deliver her own. Diagnosed in November 2024 with polycythaemia vera — a rare, incurable blood cancer that thickens the blood and raises the risk of stroke and heart attack — the BBC presenter has stepped forward not in search of sympathy, but in recognition that silence around blood cancer costs lives. Her disclosure is an act of public service: a reminder that the fifth most common cancer in the UK often hides in plain sight, and that those living with it can, with the right care,