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Carol Kirkwood to Leave BBC Breakfast in April After 25 Years

She says she is stepping back to prioritise time with her husband.

Overview

  • Announcing the news live on BBC Breakfast, the 63-year-old fought back tears as she told viewers she will step down in April.
  • She said she wants to spend more time with her husband, Steve, with plans to travel and continue her writing projects.
  • Joining the BBC in 1998, she became BBC Breakfast’s main weather presenter in 2010 and has won multiple TRIC awards.
  • BBC News interim chief Jonathan Munro hailed her “exceptional” contribution and said she will be “greatly missed.”
  • Colleagues and viewers shared tributes on air and online, including messages from Susanna Reid and Dan Walker, and no successor has been named yet.