Veteran radio broadcaster John Blackman‘s condition is improving after major cancer surgery on his face during which his whole jaw was removed and replaced.
Surgeons replaced the jaw with a bone taken and shaped from his leg.
The 71-year-old has been moved out of intensive care and while he is in a stable condition it is still not known if he will ever talk again.
John was diagnosed with aggressive cancer after noticing a pimple on his chin two years ago.