Overview

• Evans is recuperating and has not given a timetable for returning to broadcast duties.
• He praised the NHS, thanking staff on West Ward 6 and the surgical team for their care.
• He shared that he is being cared for at home by his husband Arran Rees and their cat, joking about “Nurse Franny” and “Dr Arran.”
• Messages of support poured in from colleagues and celebrities including Sara Cox, Gaby Logan and Zoe Ball.
• The 41-year-old broadcaster is a fixture on Radio 2’s Early Breakfast Show and appears on Homes Under The Hammer, having risen to fame as the “drumming weatherman.”