Bleakley crowned top TV host despite ratings slump

Christine Bleakley shrugged off Daybreak’s languishing ratings as a mere “teething problem”, shortly after being crowned top TV host at a Women of the Year awards event.

The 31-year-old presenter’s win came in spite of figures released last week showing that just 530,000 viewers are tuning in to watch ITV’s troubled breakfast show – a third of the audience for its BBC rival, Breakfast.