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Sara Cox will be replacing Scott Mills as the host of the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, the corporation has announced. She will be taking over the show 6:30-9:30am, which currently has a weekly audience of 12.7million. At the moment, Sara is the host of the stations Teatime show.

New host Sara has described how thrilled she is and stated there "aren't enough adjectivies" to sum up how she's feeling about taking over the iconic show. She told the BBC: "It's been a dream to host the Breakfast Show since I joined Radio 2 and it feels like a bit of a full circle for me. I've had the most glorious seven years of my career on Teatime so thank you to my brilliant Teatime listeners who hopefully will join me at Breakfast for excellent music and all my usual nonsense plus some superstar guests. I honestly can't wait to wake the nation up with the biggest most fun breakfast show ever."

She'll be taking over from Mills after he was sacked last month over "personal conduct".

The Head of Radio 2 Helen Thomas added that she's "delighted" to have Sara stepping into the shoes of hosting the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, adding that she is "adored by her millions if listeners at Teatime". She praised her as someone who she knows will "build a brilliant rapport with the Breakfast audience and get the nation going each morning with her trademark warmth and humour".

Helen added: "She captured the hearts of the country last November, raising a staggering £11.5m for Children in Need on her Great Northern Marathon Challenge and thoroughly deserves this gig. I can't wait to hear her first show."

It's a very deserved gig after initially joining BBC Radio 1 in 1999 to present her Saturday lunchtime show, before moving onto the Radio 1 Breakfast Show until December 2003. She then joined Radio 2 in 2011. The presenter of the weekday 4-7pm slot that Sara currently hosts is yet to be announced. Scott Mills has since released a statement after his contract was terminated last Friday following an allegation relating to his "personal conduct".

He said in the statement: "The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation.An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018.

"As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges.

"Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

"I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss."