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BBC Breakfast fans fear Sally Nugent has quit after bagging new gig

BBC Breakfast fans have shown their concern for Sally Nugent after the TV presenter has been absent from the show for the past two days. The 52 year old, who has presented on the show full time since 2021, typically hosts the BBC One breakfast show on Mondays through to Wednesdays alongside co-host Jon Kay, but has been missing for the past couple of days.

However, Sally was seen anchoring the BBC News at One from its new home in Manchester on Monday, 4 June – leading some to take to X, formerly known as Twitter, to question whether she’d secured a new role.
“Oh has Sally left Breakfast?,” wrote one social media user. “Good use of the BBC breakfast sofa! Will miss @sallynugent on breakfast,” another added. Meanwhile a third wrote: “Most excellent but does this disrupt my early morning viewing when I expect to see you and @sallynugent on the sofa.”

However, Sally’s co-host Jon has assured fans that Sally hasn’t left BBC Breakfast and, when asked by one fan if she had, simply wrote: “Nooooooooo!!!!!” The news comes after the BBC announced last week that stars including Ben Brown, Anna Foster, Tina Daheley and Nina Warhurst would front the brand-new hour long episode of BBC News at One from its Manchester base.

Last month BBC Breakfast hosts Jon and Sally revealed that the BBC’s inbox had been inundated with messages from viewers following a segment of the show which ran on Tuesday, 7 May. During one segment it was revealed that Yorkshire council had opted to not use apostrophes on street signs, with Sally explaining how they had “done away with them altogether” because punctuation “confuses computer systems”.
When fellow host Nina Warhurst asked viewers to get in contact following another segment, Jon explained that the inbox was full to the brim. “Sorry – there’s no room in the inbox Nina. We’re filled with punctuation problems,” he joked. He added: “Oh, my goodness. Hundreds and hundreds of messages about apostrophes coming in. We will read some later.”

The topical segment also gained attention on social media as many took to X to express their opinions of the matter.

“Not sure why we’re all worried about AI taking over, when according to @NorthYorkshireCountyCouncil computers can’t even cope with apostrophes!,” wrote one. Another viewer commented: “@BBCBreakfast Why oh why is putting an apostrophe in its correct place to indicate possession or plural so difficult? Don’t dumb down grammar!!!”.

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