Sky News's Kay Burley divides fans with COVID apology – but will face internal inquiry

Kay Burley has jetted off to South Africa to stay in an exclusive resort after being taken off air for six months for breaking COVID-19 regulations.The TV star issued an apology after she was caught hosting a party to celebrate her 60th birthday in Soho last Saturday.MORE: BBC Breakfast star Louise Minchin forced to take 'break' after painful injuryIn photos obtained by MailOnline, Kay can be seen marching through the first class lounge at Heathrow Airport as she awaited her flight out of the country.WATCH: Salma Hayek gets tested for COVID and shares results with fansShe is understood to be heading for Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson's exclusive Sabi Sand Game Reserve, which costs about £1,462 per night.The presenter had teased her

Lorraine Kelly has blasted Rita Ora and Kay Burley for breaking lockdown rules in a her very own sweary version of The Queen’s Christmas speech. Lorraine presenter, 61, said stars who broke lockdown rules and government guidelines can “go f**k themselves” in the satirical speech on The Last Leg.

Kay Burley has today headed off on holiday to South Africa after being taken off air by Sky News for breaking the coronavirus restrictions with her 60th birthday bash.

Kay Burley issued an apology email to her colleagues at Sky News where she branded herself an "idiot" ahead of her suspension, which has now been leaked online.

Kay Burley has been suspended from Sky News for six months after hosting a party for her 60th birthday and breaking lockdown rules.

Covid-19 rules, Sky News has confirmed. The Wigan -born broadcaster will be removed from presenting duties for six months, while political editor Beth Rigby and correspondent Inzamam Rashid have been taken off air for three months.

Kay Burley has written a lengthy apology on Twitter following the news she has been suspended from Sky News for six months after breaching lockdown rules at her 60th birthday party.

Sky News for six months after she was caught breaking Covid-19 rules over the weekend.Political editor Beth Rigby and correspondent Inzamam Rashid have also agreed not to be on air for three months.It comes after a small number of Sky News staff were seen attending a social event in London on Saturday which saw strict guidelines for Covid-19 being breached.Following the incident, Burley, Rigby and Rashid have stepped down for now.Sky News posted a statement on its official website, which read: "A small number of Sky News staff attended a social event in London on Saturday evening during which Covid-19 guidelines were breached."The statement continued: "As a result of an internal review Sky News presenter Kay Burley has agreed to be off air

Kay Burley for six months after she hosted a party for her 60th birthday and broke lockdown rules.

Comcast-owned Sky News has taken arguably its top presenter, Kay Burley, off-air for six months after she breached the UK’s coronavirus rules over the weekend.

Jeremy Clarkson issues plea to Richard Hammond amid shark attack“After illegally going on a bender, they were going to go to a hospital to put lives at risk!"Adam has since said his colleagues’ behaviour could undermine the credibility of Sky News’ journalism.He told The Guardian: “That said, I retweet things because I think they’re of public interest, and certainly my feed has reflected a lot of people who are very concerned about the credibility of Sky News, and that I think is the important issue: the credibility of our journalism.”Kay and nine others are believed to have celebrated her birthday at the Century Club in Soho, London.The group then reportedly went on to visit a private restaurant, Folie, before four people went back to the

Actor John Rhys-Davies swore live on Sky News as he dropped the s-bomb during an interview.Rhys-Davies, 76, who voiced Treebeard in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was on the show to discuss Project Northmoor.The campaign aims to raise £4.5m to buy JRR Tolkien's former Oxford home where he wrote The Hobbit.When talking passionately about the author, Rhys-Davies swore.The actor said: "He is internationally renowned, his students love him."And damn it, even his fellow dons get on with him, and rather like him as well, which is about as rare as rocking horse s***."Host Stephen Dixon quickly said: "We must apologise for John's language there.""We'll have to be careful", he chuckled.John apologised as he exclaimed: "I'm sorry about that!" Viewers

Kay Burley 's Sky News co-hosts have been removed from presenting duties, it's been claimed. The Sky News breakfast host apologised for breaking Tier 2 restrictions in lockdown to host her flashy 60th birthday party amid the coronavirus pandemic.

PHILLIP Schofield made a sly dig about Kay Burley on This Morning after the Sky News star's rule-breaking birthday bash. It came as the show previewed a phone-in with The Sun's Deidre Sanders on people who were breaking coronavirus rules to throw a festive party.

Sky News presenter Beth Rigby has been "pulled off air" after breaking lockdown rules at Kay Burley's 60th birthday bash.The Sky political editor, 44, has been axed alongside Kay Burley, north of England correspondent Inzaman Rashid and presenter Sam Washington, The Sun reports.This comes after Sky star Adam Boulton retweeted a message from a raging viewer branding the presenters "morons".The furious tweet read: "Look at the state of Sky News. The morons spent all summer preaching to us and now look at them! "After illegally going on a bender, they were going to go to a hospital to put lives at risk!"Kay apologised for breaking the rules as she shared a statement on social media.She tweeted: "Evening everyone.

Jeremy Clarkson issues plea to Richard Hammond amid shark attack“After illegally going on a bender, they were going to go to a hospital to put lives at risk!"Kay and nine others are believed to have celebrated her birthday at Century Club in Soho, London.The group then reportedly went on to visit a private restaurant, Folie, before four people went back to Kay’s West London home.After the news broke, the news anchor was replaced on her show by Sarah Hewson.Reports have now claimed she won’t return to hosting her Sky News show until 2021.A representative for Sky News confirmed “a small number of Sky News staff” may have breached coronavirus rules.They told The Guardian: “We place the highest importance on complying with the government

Three of Kay Burley's Sky News co-stars have been taken off air, it's been claimed.

It was announced that presenter Kay Burley had been reportedly taken off Sky News after she broke the rules of COVID-19 in the UK.

Good Morning Britain's Piers Morgan has addressed his 'friend Kay Burley' breaking lockdown rules.The Sky News presenter has reportedly been axed from the show until 2021 after she breached lockdown rules for her 60th birthday party.Addressing her rule break on-air, Piers said: "I want to start with this - these are people we know, friends of ours, they're caught up in a story."And I think it's only reasonable that we should at least mention this, that over at Sky News Kay Burley, the morning show anchor, and Beth Rigby, the political editor, and various other members of the Sky News team, they have all been accused - it has been reported and hasn't been denied - that they broke the lockdown rules to celebrate Kay's 60th birthday."She's now

Kay Burley is planning a trip to Africa after it was revealed that Sky News has taken her off air until the new year after she broke lockdown rules.

Kay Burley has said she will not front Sky News in the coming weeks due to a pre-planned holiday to Africa, after admitting breaking Covid-19 lockdown safety rules. The TV host, 59, is facing an internal inquiry for what she described as "an error of judgment".She was not on air on Tuesday, and the show was instead presented by Sarah Hewson.Following speculation over whether she would return to work before 2021, Burley shared a message on Twitter saying she had always planned to take time off to visit "my beloved Africa".Sharing a video from a safari trip, she wrote: "Lovely people, whatever else you read be safe in the knowledge I was always heading to my beloved Africa on Friday to sit with lions.