Carol Kirkwood

BBC Breakfast staple Carol Kirkwood has announced that she is stepping down from the show after more than 25 years as its resident weather presenter.

On Tuesday morning, a tearful Carol told Sally Nugent and Jon Kay: “I am going to be leaving. It’s really hard for me to say this because I love my job, I love all of you guys, my Weather colleagues, every department I’ve worked with and, of course, all the viewers I’ve been so engaged with for many years, but it’s great! I don’t want to be coming in with a zimmerframe like, ‘I can’t reach the northern isles anymore!’.”

When Sally joked that the “outlook for you is sunshine all the way”, Carol beamed: “I’m........

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