BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst was flying solo on the latest edition of the morning show.
The 43-year-old anchor was perched on the iconic red sofa on Sunday (August 11), ready to delve into the day’s top stories from around the world.
But in a twist, she was riding solo without the usual company of her co-presenters. The weekday breakfast news is typically helmed by Jon Kay and Sally Nugent from Monday to Wednesday, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt taking the reins from Thursday to Saturday.
Sundays usually see stand-in hosts, but not this time.This comes hot on the heels of an incident where Nina Warhurst couldn’t resist calling out her colleague during last Wednesday’s (August 7) programme when he accidentally let slip the “c-word” live on air, reports the Mirror.
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Presenters Ben Thompson and Sarah Campbell were at the helm that day, kicking things off with a piece about Buy Now, Pay Later schemes presented by Nina, who shed light on debt charities’ worries and the new Labour leadership’s calls for tighter rules to protect users of these financial services.
After Nina concluded her segment, Ben remarked: “It’s really vital and dare I say it, people will be thinking about Christmas presents right? And spending now and wanting to spread that cost?”.
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Nina interjected: “I can’t believe you’ve mentioned the c-word. It’s August.”, as reported by the Express. To which Ben cheekily replied, “It’s not that long.”Nina shot back with a playful jab: “Someone is more organised than I am.”
In the aftermath of a chilling segment on modern slavery in Britain, Ben issued a stark warning to viewers during Tuesday’s (August 6) show. The discussion centred around one of the country’s most extreme cases, where a man was held captive for over two decades.
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The victim at the heart of this case has successfully sued the government, resulting in a significant payout. Held prisoner for a quarter of a century at a travellers’ site run by the notorious Rooney family, he, along with other vulnerable individuals, was subjected to forced labour.
Earning a pittance, subsisting on scraps, and enduring physical abuse if he dared to resist, the man’s ordeal was harrowing. His sister, steadfast in her quest for justice, has recently achieved some measure of solace through the compensation awarded for her brother’s profound trauma.
Ben took special care to prepare viewers for the “upsetting” content that was to be aired, given its distressing nature.
BBC Breakfast airs daily on BBC One at 6am
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