BBC Breakfast reveals latest star as she joins Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt in the studio
A brand new presenter has joined the BBC Breakfast team as the morning show shakes up its hosting line-up.
During Thursday's show, Naga Munchetty and Charlie Statyt welcomed a fresh face to BBC Breakfast, with the broadcaster's transport correspondent stopping by to talk about interest rates. Katy Austin - who has been with BBC News since 2012 - appeared on Thursday's episode to present the segment.
Katy appeared to be stepping in for business presenters Nina Warhurst and Ben Boulos, who would usually deliver the news feature. After making her BBC Breakfast debut, Katy took to social media to speak about her guest spot.
"Guest appearance on @BBCBreakfast this morning, looking ahead to today’s Bank of England interest rate decision. Back after 9," she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Nina and Ben weren't the only presenters to be replaced this week, with weather guru Carol Kirkwood missing from Tuesday's show. Matt Taylor filled in temporarily as Carol reassured fans that she had just headed on holiday.
She took to X to report she had visited Tresco: “Just visited Tresco (Isles of Scilly). To call it stunning doesn’t do it justice. Weather beautiful. Fell in love with the red squirrels.”
Earlier this week, BBC Breakfast hosts Jon Kay and Sally Nugent were forced to apologise after the show received "hundreds and hundreds" of complaints over a recent segment. The pair revealed that viewers were left furious after Tuesday's segment about a Yorkshire council choosing not to use apostrophes on its street signs.
When host Nina Warhurst told viewers to get in touch with the show via email, Jon revealed that their inbox was full. "Sorry - there's no room in the inbox Nina. We're filled with punctuation problems," he jokingly told Nina.
He went on: "Oh, my goodness. Hundreds and hundreds of messages about apostrophes coming in. We will read some later."
Sally added: “I’m slightly scared.” The news segment sparked discussion on social media, with viewers sharing their outrage at the council's decision.
In other BBC Breakfast news, former host Ben Thompson announced that World Business News is being cancelled by the BBC News channel after more than 30 years.
BBC Breakfast airs on weekdays from 6am on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
