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Lorraine Kelly breaks silence on ITV retirement rumours after reaching huge milestone


Lorraine Kelly has had an incredible year so far, but has no plans to retire from her ITV show after 40 years in the industry, as she continues to celebrate with her new book

Touching tributes flooded in earlier in the month for the documentary ' Lorraine Kelly: 40 Unforgettable Years', which gave fans a glimpse into her rich career and off-camera life. Susanna Reid praised Lorraine as "a trailblazer for women" during the hour-long special, while This Morning's Alison Hammond chimed in: "She definitely has paved the way for other presenters and the likes of me who have different accents." Reflecting on this, she said: "It was actually the best thing that could have happened: that comment spurred me to phone the boss of the relatively new breakfast TV station TV- am, who asked me to come down for an interview and then hired me as Scottish correspondent (Bruce Gyngell was Australian so didn't have the same class prejudices reporter!

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