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Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are being dropped from their weekly slot on This Morning after 14 years, to be replaced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary.

The husband and wife duo, who have presented the Friday show together since 2006, are said to be “furious and upset” over the move.


But in a shake-up of presenters, the couple will instead be given the job of hosting the main programme for six weeks in the summer holidays, when main hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby take a break.

Mum-of-one Hammond, 45, has been part of the This Morning “family” for years as a roving reporter and is a firm favourite with fans.

Queen Alison getting the role