The widower of Essex reality TV star Jade Goody, who died on Sunday after a public battle with cancer, has said he is "determined" to make his late wife proud.

Jade Goody was recovering in hospital today following surgery to relieve pain in her bowel.

Cancer-stricken Jade Goody was tonight being operated on to relieve pain in her bowel, her spokesman said.

Cancer-stricken Jade Goody is today hoping that an emergency operation will help relieve her “awful pain”, her publicist Max Clifford said.

Cancer-stricken Jade Goody was tonight facing the prospect of an operation to relieve her “awful pain”, her publicist Max Clifford said.