BBC icon Zoe Ball, 53, announced at 4.44am today that her mother Julia (pictured together) had died after a battle with cancer following her diagnosis last month.
BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball is 'bereft' after the death of her mum Julia Peckham, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year. Zoe took time away from work to care for her mother in her final weeks