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Presenter Jonnie Irwin delights fans with A Place in the Sun reunion amid cancer battle

Presenter Jonnie Irwin has returned to A Place in the Sun amid his ongoing battle with terminal lung cancer.

Property expert Jonnie, who also presents BBC One’s Escape to the Country, was first diagnosed with cancer two years ago but announced last November that tumours had spread to his brain.

But he took to Instagram on the weekend to reveal that he was making an appearance at a live show in Manchester on Sunday.

He wrote: “Selecting wardrobe for A Place In The Sun Live tomorrow in Manchester.

“It’s an early start and as I’m not fit enough to run for the train at the moment I’m prepping the night before.

“My wife can’t quite believe it! Cold weather calls for wool, wool, and more wool.”

Jonnie also revealed he’d be reunited with fellow A Place in the Sun host Jasmine Harman.

He said: “It’s also are rare thing for Jasmine Harman and myself to both be there on a Sunday so please coming along and we’ll hopefully see you there.”

Jonnie recently revealed he was working on a “digital legacy” for his family – so that he can “speak” to them via video clips after he dies.

He has a son Rex, three, and twins Rafa and Cormac, two, with wife Jessica, 40.

Jonnie said: “My diagnosis has taken a lot from me – but it has given me the ability to prepare."

It comes after he also revealed that he has begun hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Hyperbaric chambers are most commonly associated with treating divers with decompression sickness, also called the bends.

Patients breathe in pure oxygen instead of the 21 per cent found in normal air. The pressure increases the amount of the gas that dissolves into the bloodstream and the body’s tissues.

It is believed flooding the body with concentrated oxygen can help weaken tumours and make them easier to kill with chemotherapy and radiation.

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