Helen Skelton quits Twitter over 'negative comments'

TV personality Helen Skelton has closed down her Twitter account saying she cannot cope with negative comments Her final message on the site was posted on Wednesday evening saying  "Turns out I don't have very thick skin after all so I am closing my twitter account. Enjoy the games. Signing off, skelts x"

Other bloggers have tweeted her, offering their support. Helen, from Kirkby Thore, is best known for presenting the CBBC programme Blue Peter.More recently she has been working as a reporter for the BBC at the London 2012 Olympics.

She also completed extreme physical challenges for the charity Sport Relief including kayaking the length of the Amazon and becoming the first person to use a bicycle to get to the South Pole.

Earlier this week Olympic diver Tom Daley reported a Twitter user for sending him offensive messages and the user was arrested and given a warning.