Broadcaster John Stapleton announces Parkinson’s disease diagnosis

Broadcaster John Stapleton has revealed his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease.

Stapleton, 78, who has presented connected programmes including Newsnight, Panorama and GMTV’s News Hour, said successful a video clip connected BBC One’s Morning Live that helium is “pragmatic” astir the imaginable of it getting worse.

He said: “Speaking is however I’ve earned my surviving for the champion portion of 50 years.

“It’s precise frustrating sometimes, particularly, (when) radical are perpetually saying to you, ‘Sorry, what did you say? And you person to repetition yourself, clip and clip again.

“I americium reasonably pragmatic astir the imaginable of this getting worse. I effort to stay positive, due to the fact that what’s the constituent of not being?”

His lad Nick said that whilst the diagnosis has been “really upsetting” it did not travel arsenic a astonishment due to the fact that his grandma besides had the degenerative condition.

Parkinson’s illness is simply a information successful which parts of the encephalon go progressively damaged implicit galore years with symptoms including tremors and dilatory movement, according to the NHS website.