It comes after a slew of redundancies were announced by the company last week.
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She also confirmed she declined alternative roles.
Georgie Gardner broke script during Wednesday night’s bulletin to acknowledge her colleague’s departure.
Senior on-air and production staff are among those affected.
Staff have been reminded of access to the company's employee wellbeing platform during the process.
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