Kate Garraway returns to Good Morning Britain after 'urgent' issues at home forced her off last week's show

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Kate Garraway made a return to Good Morning Britain on Monday after being forced off the show last week. Viewers are used to seeing the presenter host the Thursday and Friday editions of the ITV news programme alongside Ben Shephard.

However, last week fans tuned in to see Ben hosting alongside Ranvir Singh one day and Charlotte Hawkins the other. Many will have assumed Kate, 54, was taking a break after stepping into the main hosting role over the Easter holidays in place of Susanna Reid.

But that wasn't the case as the TV star and Smooth Radio host took to Instagram over the weekend to share why she was absent from GMB last week. READ MORE: ITV This Morning in presenter shake-up as new face joins Alison Hammond in place of Dermot O'Leary As the latest episode of her new Saturday show, Garraway's Good Stuff, aired on ITV, Kate shared a clip from the episode of her and guest Peter Andre bouncing on mini trampolines.

She wrote to her followers: "So apologies for my absence from @gmb this last week - had to deal with some 'urgents' at home." She carried on: "But before that managed to get a whole hour dollop of #garrawaysgoodstuff in the bag for you .