Ben went it alone on the BBC Breakfast (Image: BBC) Andy Burnham comments on incident at Manchester Airport Ben Boulos was left to take over the BBC Breakfast helm and go it alone - following the news that Luxmy Gopal had landed herself a new permanent role. The TV anchor unusually appeared on the programme as a solo presenter on Sunday (July 28). Even on the weekend, viewers would ordinarily be treated to two hosts on the red sofa, but that didn't appear to be the case.
Luxmy confirmed she will be saying goodbye to her on-screen role at BBC Look North after getting a permanent role at BBC London earlier this month, but did not appear on the truncated Sunday show. Updating her fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, Luxmy said: "I'm happy to say my @BBCLondonNews contract has been made permanent!" She added: "I'll miss my lovely @BBCLookNorth team and the wonderful viewers who were so kind to me from my first bulletin there!" Read more: BBC Breakfast fans fume over Andy Burnham 'car crash interview' Naga Munchetty reeling after being 'slapped down' over 'exaggerated' space probe Andy and Ben were slammed over their 'car crash' interview (Image: BBC) "I couldn't have asked for a better welcome to Yorkshire. I'll pop back to god's own soon!" reflected the host who was now moving on to pastures new.
This week's Sunday programme was cut short at 8am to move over to coverage of the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. Meanwhile, viewers didn't seem to have much to say about Ben ho.