William Eichler 07 February 2024

Council leader reveals cancer diagnosis live on radio

Council leader reveals cancer diagnosis live on radio image
Image: East of England Local Government Association.

The leader of Braintree District Council has revealed on a live radio broadcast that he has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.

Cllr Graham Butland told BBC Essex he was diagnosed in December and that the cancer had spread to ‘most of the bones’ in his body.

Cllr Butland, who called during a phone-in about King Charles’s cancer diagnosis, said: ‘I think it is very important we do talk about these things.’

He also encouraged every man to have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test regularly.

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