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Burley steps down from Sky News after 36 years on air

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February 06, 2025

Kay Burley has surprised Sky News viewers with the revelation she is retiring after 36 years with the channel.

- MAIRA BUTT

Burley steps down from Sky News after 36 years on air

The broadcaster, who is one of the UK’s most well-recognised and high-profile news anchors, signed off her final show with a moving statement yesterday, in which she said she wants to “indulge in some of my other passions”, including travel.

Burley also said that, since she joined a fledgling Sky News in 1988, she has clocked “over a million minutes of live TV news”, which is “more than anyone else in the world”.

“From a standing start to one of the most recognised and valued brands in global news, it’s been an honour and privilege to work with some of the best and hardest working teams in the business,” the 64-year-old said on her final sign-off from her Sky News breakfast programme.

Burley has been involved in the reporting of some of the world’s biggest stories over the last four decades, including the death of Princess Diana in 1997 and the 9/11 attacks in New York in 2001 that won the channel its first Bafta.

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