zoe ball has been a fixture on british tv and radio for decades.and kicking in the 905. in 1998, she became the first female host of the radio i breakfast show, and she also became radio 2's first full—time female rep as presenter when she took over from chris evans in 2019. she was listed as the bbc�*s highest paid on—air female presenter in the last year with a salary of around £950,000. in november she told her millions of listeners that she was leaving the show to focus on her family. what is next, zoe? going to see my kids and having a lovely christmas. her replacement will be scott mills, someone who, for a quarter of a century, has been a familiar voice on radio i and more recently radio 2. it's been a challenging few years, with the bbc losing audiences to well resourced commercial stations. but throughout, zoe ball has presented the most popular breakfast show in the uk. she is staying with radio 2, but details of her next show are yet to be announced. but today it was time to say goodbye to her breakfast audience, with a final tribute fro

there were tears this morning as radio 2's breakfast queen zoe ball left the show after six years.nd there was a surprise message from her son woody. hey, mum, you've done such an amazing job on the breakfast show. and i just want to say thank you for making everyone's mornings a little bit more magic. and here's to a healthier sleeping schedule. love, woody. # cos i need you today, oh... # zoe.# cheering and applause. time for a look at the weather. here's elizabeth rizzini. perhaps you are doing some christmas shopping over the course of the weekend, there will be plenty of us travelling, it's a huge weekend for travel, and the weather could cause some disruption potentially because of the strength of the winds. so do keep an eye on the forecast. the other issue is, there could be icy surfaces as it turns cold on saturday night and into sunday, more on that injust saturday night and into sunday, more on that in just a moment. it will feel chilly as well overnight tonight for many of us, that rain clears away from south—east england, clears away from south—east england, clear skie

huw edwards, zoe ball, gary lineker, all for a variety of reasons.hink she was paid up to £350,000 or thereabouts last year. so, look, there may well be some savings to be made there but i don't think they will be seeing that as a win because she is such a great talent. in terms of replacements, you know, there is... katya adler is the bbc's european editor. i understand that she's been lined up to fill in for mishal while she was away. rachel burden is another name that's potentially been mentioned. and anushka asthana from itv is another person that people have been talking about as a potential candidate. but, you know, there's lots of... people or agents? i always wonder, is it the people talking about it, or is itjust the agents throwing the names around? well, everyone likes to speculate. it's such a high—profile position that there's a lot of people that would like to do it, and one thing i think it does need to be will be a woman because i think following the departure of martha kearney, who was replaced by emma barnett, she joined a trio of m

and tears as radio 2's breakfast queen zoe ball bows out. and coming up on bbc news...mme coming up at 6.30. good evening. two men have been charged over a fight with police at manchester airport injuly, which happened before an officer was filmed stamping on a suspect�*s head. brothers mohammed amaaz, who's 20, and muhammed amaad, who's 25, were charged with assaulting police officers. they'll appear at liverpool magistrates�* court injanuary. alison freeman has the story. got him on the floor. stop being aggressive. these were the images that sparked anger back injuly. a man apparently being assaulted by a police officer as he lay on the ground at manchester airport. but days later, footage of what happened in

the greats, blanca alvarado, zoe lofgren, cindy chavez have laid an incncredible foundation that i get to build on top of and, you know, using the metaphor, taking the ball and running it across the finish line if i'm mixing. what got you involved in politics initially? you know, it's a it was student activism at de anza college many, many, many years ago. i took my first ethnic studies course, my first asian american studies course, chicano studies course. and i realized that this love that i have for community, this and this personal investment i have in the well-b-being of our families requires civic engagement, requires us to be part of the decision making process. well, representation does matter. i think you're inspiring a lot of people. supervisor, thank you for your time. good luck. thank you so much. let's move on now. thousands of people have suffered life changing wounds as the war in gaza rages on. today, a teenager took her first steps to getting treatment in the bay area. 19 year old farah amar was welcomed to sfo. you see her there? amar was wounded in a bombing, losing an eye and a leg and her right hand was crushed. she is set to go thro

and an emotional zoe ball bids farewells to the radio 2 breakfast show after six years of early starts. coming up in support of bbc news... bottom of the premier league southampton are close to appointing the former roma boss, ivanjuric, as their new manager on an 18 month deal. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are calls for tomorrow's deadline to apply for pension credit to be extended, amid fears that thousands of older people will miss out on their winter fuel payment. qualifying for pension credit is the main way to get the extra money towards fuel bills — but the liberal democrats say there are still vulnerable older people who haven't applied. the charity age uk says it's being inundated with requests for help with the process. our cost of living correspondent kevin peachey has more. since 1997, the winter fuel payment has been a lifeline for many pensioners. but after the government announced in july that the payment would mainly be limited to those receiving pension credit, there's been a surge in first—time applications. now there are calls for the gove