Caroline Wyatt, the BBC’s religious affairs correspondent, is to step down as a reporter after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) late last year.
Wyatt said she was “tremendously sad” to be leaving her reporting job “at a time when understanding religion has rarely been more important”. She will continue to present radio programmes for the BBC, beginning from this autumn.
In a statement, Wyatt said: “I have been utterly overwhelmed by the support I’ve had from my colleagues, friends and family in recent days and months, and am so grateful for the support the BBC is giving me while I recover from my current relapse.”
