BBC Breakfast in chaos as presenters abandon studio and Jon Kay hosts alone

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BBC Breakfast was left in chaos on Monday (July 18) as the format underwent a major shake-up - leaving Jon Kay presenting alone.The morning programme is usually presented by Jon and his co-host Sally Nugent from Monday to Wednesday each week, but today Jon was instead live in Cambridge to report on the extreme heat warnings.Meanwhile, Sally was nowhere to be seen, replaced by temporary host Nina Warhurst on the red sofa - though she was hardly seen on-screen.READ MORE: BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood reveals how fiancée proposed as she shares diamond ringWeather presenter Carol Kirkwood was also on the scene, but reporting from a park in Central London rather than from the BBC studios.

Even business correspondent Ben Boulos had fled the interior of the Breakfast studio to be on location in Thetford, standing beside the calm waters of a reservoir as he described how farms are coping with the heatwave.Jon kicked off the programme by telling viewers: "Good morning, welcome to Breakfast from BBC News with me, Jon Kay, live in Cambridge, and Nina Warhurst in the studio, as millions of us prepare for what could be the highest temperatures ever recorded here in the UK."Parts of England are expected to hit 41 degrees Celsius, a new record for the country, with major disruption expected.Fans of the show on social media, meanwhile, were left baffled by the move, as one took to Twitter to say: "Umm...

isn't sending your @bbcbreakfast weather/prog presenters out of the studio on the hottest ever day daft? A bit like reporting by the sea in a force 8 gale...?"Someone else added: "#BBCBreakfast advice: stay at home and don’t travel unnecessarily. 'So, over to our reporter we’ve sent to Cambridge, the hottest part of the land, to repeat.