BBC Children in Need halted as host announces 'breaking news'

Children successful Need was backmost connected Friday nighttime - and arsenic usual, the programme had viewers reaching for the tissues.

BBC Children successful Need was halted connected Friday nighttime arsenic Mel Giedroyc made a "breaking news" announcement.

Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush took the reins arsenic they hosted the three-hour amusement connected Friday night.

However, conscionable an houe successful the programme, Sue enactment her manus up and told the audience: "Hang on, sorry, bent on.

"Right, I americium being told we person to interrupt this programme for immoderate precise important breaking news."

Mel past chopped to Lenny, who was sat down a quality table wherever helium work the "Pudsey Headlines".

"Hello, and invited to the news," helium said earlier adding. "And I americium Lenny Rush."

The histrion went connected to corroborate which schools had been taking portion successful the Children successful Need fundraising this year.

Over the past fewer weeks, respective celebrities person been doing their spot to rise wealth for foundation - including Paddy McGuinness.

The presenter was successful floods arsenic tears contiguous aft helium reached the decorativeness enactment of his epic 300-mile foundation rhythm from Wales to Scotland.

Upon finishing the challenge, Paddy said: "Every greeting erstwhile I woke up everything was aching and it was ever acheronian and acold but I've been saying it for the past fewer days, erstwhile you get connected the bike, and you get connected the roadworthy and everyone comes retired it conscionable spurs you on.

"Even though we're filming worldly and putting things connected societal media; until you're really successful that moment, I volition ne'er beryllium capable to get it crossed afloat what it felt like.

"All the antithetic sounds, each the cities, each the communities. Everyone came retired and everyone were unneurotic for something. And each those faces, each the kids, each the nurseries, each the superior schools, each drafting pictures of Patch - nary of them had a hint who I were - but it was conscionable truthful beauteous to spot and the streets were lined with people.

"Honestly it's a infinitesimal successful clip I'll instrumentality with maine to my grave. I'll ne'er ever hide it. It's been amazing."

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