Sky News host Anna Jones breaks down in tears live on TV after co-star Jacquie Beltrao tells of her breast cancer battle

SKY News presenter Anna Jones broke down in tears live on TV after an emotional moment interviewing her colleague Jacquie Beltrao about her breast cancer battle.

The co-stars were discussing Jacquie's story in The Sun about her meeting one of the scientists who saved her life.

Three years ago, the Sky News sports presenter was told her stage-four breast cancer had spread to her spine and legs, leaving her fearing she had just months to live.

But thanks to an incredible drug called olaparib — previously used for ovarian cancer — the 58-year-old is now cancer free.

Talking about the touching moment she hugged Professor Andrew Tutt as she told him "you are a hero", Jacquie's friend and colleague Anna was visibly moved.

Jacquie explained on Sky News' Breakfast show yesterday: "It does work for a lot of people, but it works in varying degrees.

"I'm one of the people where it's worked 100 per cent.

"It won't work forever. You have to have that in the back of my mind.

"It's not a permanent fix. It's so new they don't even know how long it will work for, but anyway I'll take it. Who would do the sport this morning if it wasn't for him?"

Anna replied: "Well we're very grateful to him. You're amazing Jackie, truly amazing. They've done a great job..."

Turning to the camera to continue with the news programme, Anna said: "You're watching..."

Anna then broke broke off as she was overcome with emotion.

"She's amazing," Anna said through tears.

She then took a deep breath in an attempt to carry on as her voice gave way.

Sharing the clip on Twitter, Jacquie said: "I don’t think I have reduced my colleagues to tears before. Sorry, Anna Jones.

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Mum-of-three Jacquie’s life-saving drug came into existence thanks to Sun readers helping to raise £650,000 for charity Breast Cancer Now to fund research into it in 2000.

Jacquie became one of the first people in the UK with secondary breast cancer to be treated with olaparib.

She told The Sun: “I can’t thank your readers enough for raising the money to have this drug researched.

“Without it, I may not still be here so I owe so much to all those who dug deep all those years ago.”

A former Olympic gymnast, Jacquie has worked for Sky for 31 years.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 and underwent a mastectomy and reconstruction.

At one point she was told the chances of any cancer returning in the next five years were around three in 100 — odds she describes as “pretty damn good”.

And in a bid to fight off the disease she overhauled her diet, ditching dairy, and started yoga and running three times a week.

Yet in 2020, Jacquie found a bump the size of a grain of rice just below her collarbone.

In the following days she learned her cancer had returned. It was more aggressive than before.

Doctors told her it was stage four and that she would never be fully rid of it.

A year later, a scan found the cancer had spread to each leg and her spine. In total, she had 17 rounds of chemotherapy.

Jacquie then started on a targeted therapy drug called olaparib.

Since then, Jacquie, who next month will be seen presenting daily from the Wimbledon tennis, has been cancer free.

Scientists proved the drug slashes a risk of tumours growing back after research funded by a £650,000 donation from this newspaper in 2001.

Our “Raise a Ton with The Sun” campaign launched in September 2000 with the backing of King Charles, Ronan Keating, Denise van Outen, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and loads more celebrities.

Hundreds of readers and your friends and families raised cash and donated it to the charity  to fund early trials of olaparib.

The drug will now change the lives of 800 more cancer patients every year, buying them precious extra time with their loved ones.