Kate Garraway returns to GMB after sparking concern with health issue

Kate Garraway returned to Good Morning Britain on Thursday - days after being taken off-air midway through the show.

She told co-hosts Ed Balls and Susanna Reid at the time: “I must apologise to you, I'm so sorry. I'm in absolutely no pain, I don't feel unwell, but I talked way too much last week.

“So it's a little bit like the news is being brought to you by Barry White this morning, so I hope it doesn't impede your understanding of the important stories we have.”

Later in the show, Reid told viewers Garraway had gone home and been replaced by Faye Barker. She remained off-air for several days on “vocal rest”.

Kate Garraway with Charlie Swarbrick on GMB on Thursday

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Garraway made no mention of her voice, although she sounded less husky than earlier in the week.

On Monday, she had asked her colleagues for tips on how to soothe her vocal cords.

“I was talking and singing last week! I lost my voice on Friday and Saturday night,” Garraway said after Balls joked that she had lost it doing karaoke.

“Aled Jones now wants to do a Christmas album with me, and I think, maybe, this is the result of that terror, I don't know. I know it sounds really painful to listen to - I'm sorry - but I'm actually not in pain.”

Laughing, Garraway quipped: “Not in my nature, Laura!”

Viewers took to social media to share their concern, with one writing, “Kate needs to get some strepsils asap,” as another asked: “Is she okay? I don’t think she should have been on air.”

She was put on vocal rest after battling a hoarse voice on Monday

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Farage won with 66 per cent of the votes but did not attend the results declaration in person, claiming he had been alerted to an “organised campaign” to “disrupt and degrade the result” - something police later denied.

Garraway said to Tice on GMB: “Nigel Farage did say that this decision had come after being contacted by Essex Police. So presumably, there was then a conversation with security advisers. What we've been told is that Essex Police didn't tell anybody not to go."

Tice replied: "Seriously, I think you need to get a grip. I'm talking about Nigel's safety, security and remaining alive, and you're playing on minor words by different people who might be giving advice."

Garraway’s co-host Ranvir Singh stepped in to point out that these "minor words" came from a Reform UK spokesperson who told reporters that Essex Police had told them that Farage should stay away due to a credible threat.