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Coronavirus coverageEmily Maitlis has said she was replaced as host of Newsnight on Wednesday because she asked to take the night off, shortly after being found to have breached the BBC’s impartiality guidelines by delivering a monologue criticising Dominic Cummings.
Newsnight’s lead presenter stood aside after a testing day for the show in the wake of Maitlis telling viewers on Tuesday night that “Dominic Cummings broke the rules – the country can see that and it’s shocked the government cannot”.