This Morning in last-minute schedule shake-up due to Russia’s Ukraine invasion

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This Morning host Holly Willoughby announced a big last-minute change to the ITV daytime TV schedules amid the news that Russia has invaded Ukraine.

Thursday 24 February's episode of This Morning was running five minutes behind schedule, with an important news bulletin about the rising tension in Ukraine taking its place instead.

When the ITV morning show's hosts Holly and Phillip Schofield welcomed their viewers following the slightly late start, Holly, 40, took the opportunity to explain the delay and how it would impact the rest of the programme.

She said: "Good Morning and welcome to your Thursday This Morning." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter The star continued: "Now, as you might have noticed, there's a slightly different schedule on ITV this morning." "We're bringing you the latest on the situation in Ukraine via our colleagues at ITV news both at 11 o'clock and midday." It's expected that the news bulletins will follow in an hourly pattern throughout the day as the situation develops.