James Jordan thanks fans for support after dad's cancer diagnosis

James Jordan has thanked fans for their "help and love" following his dad\'s terminal cancer diagnosis.

The 42-year-old ballroom dancer has taken to social media to thank his followers for their recent show of support, after revealing earlier this month that his dad has been given up to one year to live.

James wrote on Twitter: "People say "social media is such a terrible place" & on many occasions I agree

"However, the help and love I\'ve had from so many people I\'ve never met & probably never will is overwhelming [love heart emoji]

"I can honestly say I\'ve read ALL messages on Insta & Twitter

"I thank & love you ALL x (sic)"

James previously revealed via Instagram that his dad had initially been misdiagnosed by medical experts, and that his health situation is far worse than he\'d imagined.

The former \'Strictly Come Dancing\' star wrote: "Over the last 4 months my hero and best mate in the whole world has been in and out of hospital with very ill health.

"We were told several times that 100% he had had a stroke and that\'s why they were struggling to control his seizures... But after the 3rd time of being admitted to hospital I knew something was not quite right.

"So after pushing for more tests and the results being sent to King\'s College Hospital for other surgeons to look at unfortunately the results came back that it wasn\'t a stroke after all.

"It was what I had dreaded, my dad has a tumour and after having a biopsy it\'s come back that it\'s an aggressive cancerous one. The worst kind unfortunately.

"We have been told that it\'s not advisable to operate because of where the tumour is and wouldn\'t actually make that much difference even if they could. The end result is, it\'s terminal (sic)"