Jon Kay and Victoria Derbyshire to host BBC Breakfast and Newsnight respectively
Jon Kay is the new regular presenter of BBC Breakfast from Monday to Wednesday, while Victoria Derbyshire will become joint lead presenter of Newsnight, it has been announced.Derbyshire, who will join Kirsty Wark from September, she was "delighted".
Derbyshire said she was "so delighted to be joining the legend that is Kirsty Wark and the talented Newsnight team under new and ambitious leadership.""This is a special opportunity to take on one of the best jobs in British journalism and help shape the programme's future," she said. Broadcaster and journalist Derbyshire previously fronted her own BBC current affairs show, which was simulcast on TV and radio, from 2015 to 2020.
She has previously filled in as host of Newsnight and Panorama, and also appeared on ITV's The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night - an entertainment documentary to raise awareness of breast cancer.Victoria Derbyshire: "Losing my hair was the worst bit about cancer treatment for me"
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