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Newsreader Tina Daheley to leave Radio 2 breakfast show
Key takeaways
- Her exit comes a couple of weeks before Sara Cox takes over the morning show as the new permanent host, after Scott Mills was sacked by the BBC in March.
- It marks the end of an 18-year run of early mornings for Daheley, who has also read the news on breakfast shows hosted by Chris Moyles, Nick Grimshaw, Trevor Nelson and Zoe Ball.
- Daheley announced her departure live on air on Tuesday, and later posted a statement on social media saying the job had been one of the "greatest privileges" of her life.
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Emma Saunders Culture reporter BBCDaheley has read the news for Zoe Ball, Scott Mills, Chris Moyles, Nick Grimshaw and Trevor Nelson Tina Daheley has announced she is stepping down as the newsreader on BBC Radio 2's breakfast show after seven years.
Her exit comes a couple of weeks before Sara Cox takes over the morning show as the new permanent host, after Scott Mills was sacked by the BBC in March.
It marks the end of an 18-year run of early mornings for Daheley, who has also read the news on breakfast shows hosted by Chris Moyles, Nick Grimshaw, Trevor Nelson and Zoe Ball.
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