Good Morning Britain in shake-up as emotional Susanna Reid fronts show from London landmark – leaving Ed Balls in studio
She was joined in the capital on the 80th Anniversary of VE Day by weather presenter Laura Tobin, 43, who was surrounded by ceramic poppies as she gave her forecast from the grounds of the Tower of London.
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News reporter Richard Gaisford was also on the road for his segment, standing in the grounds of a Royal British Legion service and tea party set to be held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
Meanwhile, back in the regular Good Morning Britain studio, Ed Balls, 58, and Charlotte Hawkins chatted to World War 2 veterans and former military servicemen and women, including The Traitors winner Harry Clarke.
Susanna, 54, dressed in a smart black suit with ruby red neckerchief as she stood outside Westminster Abbey ahead of a VE Day service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving being held there today.
As she hailed the 80th anniversary of the official end of the Second World War in Europe, on a day which will see a series of commemorative events across the nation, she chatted to a variety of war veterans and their families.
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