Wakefield's Jane McDonald replaces Phillip Schofield as British Soap Awards host

Wakefield’s Jane, who is best known as a singer, Loose Women panellist and presenter of Bafta-winning Cruising With Jane McDonald, will host Saturday's show before it’s aired on ITV on Tuesday.

Schofield stepped down from his presenting commitments on ITV l after admitting to having an affair with a younger staff member.

Jane posted on Instagram the hosting job was a "dream come true".

She said: "This year I've been honoured to be mentioned in Corrie, EastEnders and Emmerdale... I can't wait to see all our wonderful soap nominees and celebrate all their hard work with them.”

Schofield, said last week: "I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public and most importantly of all to my family.

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"I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife."