BBC broadcaster Gow suffers 'serious stroke'

The BBC sports broadcaster Jennie Gow has said she is recovering from a superior stroke.

The 45-year-old, who covers Formula 1 for Radio 5 Live, wrote connected societal media that she had been treated astatine hospitals successful London and Surrey, and her betterment "might instrumentality immoderate time".

Ms Gow said the changeable 2 weeks agone had affected her speech.

Dozens of chap broadcasters and motorsport firms person tweeted messages of support.

Announcing her information connected Twitter and Instagram, the presenter said: "My hubby is helping maine benignant this, arsenic I'm uncovering it hard to constitute and my code is astir affected.

"I'm hopeless to marque a afloat betterment and instrumentality to work.

"Thank you to the aesculapian teams astatine Frimley and St George's, and my household and friends who've got maine done the past fortnight."

In response, Formula 1 Racing tweeted: "Thinking of you Jennie, and wishing you each the precise champion with your recovery."

The McLaren racing squad said: "The full squad sends their emotion and spot arsenic we look guardant to seeing you backmost successful the paddock."

Broadcasters Hazel Southwell, Laura Winter and Dan Walker are among those who person tweeted messages of sympathy.

Jennie Gow has covered Formula 1 and different motorsport events for the BBC, ITV, Netflix and Sky TV.

The Southampton-born presenter, who grew up successful Wargrave, Berkshire, began her broadcasting vocation astatine BBC Radio Solent earlier moving for commercialized vigor stations successful the southbound of England.