EXCLUSIVE Mystery surrounding Zoe Ball's BBC return on Monday continues to deepen as it emerges she's sold her £2 million countryside home READ MORE: What Zoe Ball's BBC colleagues say about her unexplained absence from Radio 2 Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Katie Hind For The Daily Mail and Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 09:37, 21 September 2024 | Updated: 10:07, 21 September 2024 e-mail 73 View comments The mystery surrounding Zoe Ball 's return to Radio 2 continues to deepen amid her unexplained absence as it emerges that she's sold her countryside home. The DJ, who is the BBC ’s highest paid female star earning £950,000-a-year, has been on extended leave from her show since August 8, with Gaby Roslin and Scott Mills filling in.

BBC bosses have been supporting Zoe, 53, through her 'tough' time and her Radio 2 return date had been scheduled for Monday 23 September after she was told to 'take all the time she needs' following the death of her beloved mother . However, her return back to the airwaves has sparked yet more questions as she's now made a major life change. The Mail can reveal that Zoe has moved house in recent weeks, selling her ­beautiful countryside home in the idyllic Sussex village of Newick which she bought for £2,025,000 in August 2020.

The mystery surrounding Zoe Ball 's return to Radio 2 continues to deepen amid her unexplained absence as it emerges that she's sold her countryside home The Mail can reveal that Zoe has move.