Jane Godley's daughter issues heartbreaking statement on 'final beats of life'

Comedian Jane Godley, who found fame with her dubbed parodies of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus news briefings during the pandemic, is currently receiving end-of-life care after her terminal cancer spread.

Janey Godley is in the “final beats of her life”, her daughter has said.

In a post on the 63-year-old comedian’s X account, BBC Radio Scotland presenter Ashley Storrie revealed her mother had been awarded an honorary degree from the University Of Glasgow, which she said had “brought her so much joy” in her final days.

The post read: “Thank you @UofGlasgow for bestowing upon my mum the honorary degree of doctor of the University of Glasgow.

“This has brought her so much joy in the final beats of her life. Janey is so honoured and I am so immensely proud of her. Congratulations doctor Godley.”

Godley, who found fame with her dubbed parodies of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus news briefings during the pandemic, is currently receiving end-of-life care after her terminal cancer spread.

She revealed she had ovarian cancer in November 2021 but was given the all-clear in 2022, before later announcing that another scan had shown signs of the disease in her abdomen.

She then cancelled her forthcoming tour this autumn due to her stage four ovarian cancer.