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BBC Breakfast presenter Victoria Valentine has paid tribute to her co-stars in an emotional post, after announcing she was taking a break from the programme.<\/p>\n
The broadcaster, who has regularly appeared on the red sofa alongside the likes of Jon Kay and Naga Munchetty, revealed in August that she was \u2018exploring something new\u2019.<\/p>\n
She said: \u2018I wanted to let you in on something I\u2019ve been thinking about and working towards for some time now.<\/p>\n
\u2018I am taking a little bit of a break from broadcasting and from the\u00a0BBC\u00a0in order to explore something new.\u2019<\/p>\n
Victoria went on: \u2018So I \u2013 at the grand old age of 39 \u2013 going back to university.<\/p>\n
\u2018I am enrolled in a full time masters course, psychological sciences, which I\u2019ve kind of sold to my parents as a bit of neuroscience with some thinking and feeling stuff attached to it.\u2019<\/p>\n
She added: \u2018You can probably understand why that would appeal and be something I\u2019m interested in.<\/p>\n
\u2018Should that all go well and I\u2019m not terrible at it, I\u2019ll be looking to progress and do a doctorate.<\/p>\n
\u2018Perhaps four years from now you\u2019ll be looking at Dr Valentine.\u2019<\/p>\n
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