![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bbc-breakfast-star-announces-break-from-show-in-latest-hosting-shake-up/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/OFF-PLAT-PC-bbc.jpg&description=FRESH START Published : 15:57, 10 Aug 2023 ONE popular newsreader has announced a massive change as she gets ready to come off the air. BBC News and BBC Breakfast star Victoria Valentine revealed her plans to kick off a brand new career away from the spotlight. 5 One major BBC Breakfast staris hanging up her badge Credit: BBC 5 Victoria Valentine is heading back to university Credit: BBC 5 The newsreader broke the news on social media Credit: Instagram The 39-year-old journalist is due to fulfil her final duties on the box this month, 15 years after she first joined the BBC. Victoria recently took to her Instagram stories and revealed to her many followers that she'll be leaving her seat as business correspondent and relief presenter to head back to university. She kicked off her big announcement by telling her fans it was "about time" she gave them an update on her life. "I wanted to let you in on something I've been thinking about and working towards for some time now." "I am taking a little bit of a break from broadcasting and from the BBC in order to explore something new", Victoria said. The presenter added that she'd be studying psychological sciences and would be looking at how the mind works. "So I - at the grand old age of 39 - going back to university. I am enrolled in a full time masters course, psychological sciences which I've kind of sold to my parents as a bit of neuroscience with some thinking and feeling stuff attached to it." "You can probably understand why that would appeal and be something I'm interested in." Victoria then added that she was aiming to do a doctorate if her studies were to be successful. "Should that all go well and I'm not terrible at it, I'll be looking to progress and do a doctorate." "Perhaps four years from now you'll be looking at Dr Valentine", she quipped. "Really sad" to be losing her audience, Victoria confirmed her last days on the air adding: "I've got a month left of the odd shift at BBC News and I've got some shifts){kind=link}
ONE popular newsreader has announced a massive change as she gets ready to come off the air.
BBC News and BBC Breakfast star Victoria Valentine revealed her plans to kick off a brand new career away from the spotlight.
The 39-year-old journalist is due to fulfil her final duties on the box this month, 15 years after she first joined the BBC.
Victoria recently took to her Instagram stories and revealed to her many followers that she’ll be leaving her seat as business correspondent and relief presenter to head back to university.
She kicked off her big announcement by telling her fans it was “about time” she gave them an update on her life.