Connolly told of cancer, Parkinson’s on the same day

Billy Connolly has revealed that he was diagnosed with both prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease on the same day.

The comedian, aged 71, describes in a new ITV programme how he received the diagnosis.

He tells the programme: “It was a funny week I had. On the Monday I got hearing aids, on the Tuesday I got pills for heartburn which I have to take all the time. And on the Wednesday I got news that I had prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease.