BBC 5Live host ‘struggles to hold it together’ as she quits show after 15 years

• BBC 5Live presenter Rachel Burden announced she is stepping down from the station’s breakfast show in January next year, after 15 years, alongside co-host Rick Edwards.
• Burden became emotional on air, explaining that she felt it was time to 'poke myself out of my comfort zone' and 'do something new' due to shifting personal priorities.
• Naga Munchetty, currently of BBC Breakfast, is set to replace Burden and Edwards in the 5Live breakfast slot.
• Burden will remain at BBC 5Live, moving to host the weekday mid-morning programme, while Rick Edwards will continue presenting 'Fighting Talk'.
• Separately, Burden also confirmed she would no longer be presenting on BBC Breakfast's Sunday morning shows, a change attributed to BBC budget cuts.

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BBC 5 Live star Rachel Burden makes emotional statement on-air after being replaced by Naga Munchetty