Duo axed from morning TV roles

Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley are being dropped from ITV1’s Daybreak, it was confirmed yesterday.

It follows days of rumours – played down as speculation by both sides – that they were to be axed from the show.

ITV said they will step down from their regular presenting roles to focus on other “peak-time commitments” on the channel. The show had struggled to improve on the audience for its axed predecessor GMTV.