BBC presenter Beccy Barr who gave up TV job to be a firefighter dies after cancer battle [Video]

FORMER BBC presenter Beccy Barr who gave up her TV career to become a firefighter has died following a battle with cancer.

Ms Barr, from Lancaster, said in 2019 that she was quitting journalism after 20 years to join Lancashire Fire and Rescue – the same service her father Roy was in.

Beccy Barr has passed away following a battle with cancer

She had given up her TV career to become a firefighter

Ms Barr, from Lancaster, revealed in 2019 that she was quitting journalism after 20 years to join Lancashire Fire and RescueCredit: X

In February 2022, she posted on social media the good news that she got distinctions in all her end-point assessments – including practical, theory and interview elements.

But Ms Barr went on to tragically reveal in December last year that she had been diagnosed with “incurable cancer”.

She wrote: “Two lessons I’ve learned from this distinctly sub-optimal experience: …