Zoe Ball will step down from her BBC Radio 2 Saturday show in the new year (Image: PA)

Zoe Ball has announced she will step back from her BBC Radio 2 show, and is set to be replaced by Emma Willis. Speaking on the show today, the 55-year-old said she would leave in the new year but will still present a number of specials on the station.

She said: "I have loved being betwixt my dear friends Romesh (Ranganathan) and Rylan (Clark), and you know, I love you all to bits, but I'm not disappearing completely. Obviously, it'll be Christmas Crooners and I'm doing an eras show in the new year, more on that later.

"But I am thrilled to tell you that you will be in the safest of hands, because there is a super woman who is no stranger to you all, but this does mean that she will officially be

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