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Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim have been 'gardening, doing puzzles and working in a local cafe' after she quit her six-figure BBC Radio 2 gig following extended break


Radio presenter Zoe, 54, stepped down from her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in December to 'focus on her family', bidding farewell to her lucrative £950,000 salary.

Her departure came after an extended break earlier in the year when her mother Julia died from cancer, and she is now enjoying some time off with her family before returning to airwaves in March with a new project. He admitted it has been 'funny' watching his 'crazy party' parents Zoe and Norman Cook (pictured in 1999), also known as Fatboy Slim, ditch wild nights out for more calm hobbies After six years at the helm, Zoe handed her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show over to Scott Mills after stepping down to 'focus on family' just months after her mother Julia's death in April.

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