Mishal Husain’s new job revealed as she quits BBC after 26 years on air

MISHAL Husain’s caller occupation has been revealed aft she announced her departure from the BBC.

After 26 years connected the corporations airwaves, the prima has made the determination to measurement away.

Mishal, 51, is champion known for her relation arsenic 1 of the main presenters of the Today programme connected BBC Radio 4.

The newsreader was besides known for her relation arsenic a alleviation presenter connected the flagship News At Ten bulletin.

In her clip astatine the Beeb, she besides hosted the News astatine Six, HARDtalk annd editions of BBC Breakfast.

She besides was an occasional screen presenter for the Sunday politics programme, The Andrew Marr Show.

Now the presenter has joined Bloomberg TV's part to beforehand a planetary interrogation show.

Taking to societal media, she announced: "My quality .. heading to Bloomberg to big a multi-platform planetary interrogation amusement arsenic portion of the precocious launched Weekend Edition.

"Much to look guardant to successful this caller section of vocation and beingness :)."

The prima paid tributes to her colleagues astatine the publically funded broadcaster arsenic she reflected connected her agelong career.

"Thinking of others: BBC Westminster colleagues with whom I worked connected the predetermination debates, Radio 4 ceremonials and that bonzer vantage constituent crossed from Westminster Abbey for the precocious Queen’s funeral and the King’s coronation: and BBC Events colleagues, astir precocious astatine the Lord Mayor’s Show," Mishal wrote.

However she did corroborate that she would inactive beryllium portion of the Today show squad for a fig of weeks earlier her authoritative departure.

"I’ll beryllium connected aerial @BBCr4today for a fewer much weeks, and past the caller satellite begins successful 2025.

"Looking guardant to getting to cognize my caller colleagues, and to caller adventures, but volition ever enactment with the aforesaid ideals, attack and heart."

Thanking her fans and followers, she added: "To those who person written to maine successful the past fewer days, with truthful overmuch generosity - convey you - it is overmuch appreciated. Onwards."

Before she joined the BBC successful 1998, she worked arsenic a shaper and presenter astatine Bloomberg for 2 years.

This whitethorn beryllium a afloat ellipse infinitesimal for the prima arsenic she returns to the web of her vocation beginnings aft astir 30 years.