Sky Information presenter Kay Burley has introduced she is retiring from the community after 36 years.

Closing the channel’s breakfast programme on Wednesday, Burley mentioned it had been “an honour and a privilege to work with a few of the finest and hardest working groups within the enterprise”.

Burley mirrored that Sky Information had gone “from a standing begin to one of the crucial recognised and valued manufacturers in international information”.

Burley, 64, joined Sky Information in 1989 and was a part of the group that lined the dying of Diana, Princess of Wales, the 9/11 terror assaults, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the start of Prince George.

In 2018, she was given her personal present, The Kay Burley Present which moved into the breakfast slot a 12 months later.

She was suspended from presenting her present for sixth months in December 2020 for breaching coronavirus restrictions as she celebrated her sixtieth birthday in central London.

Talking on the finish of her present, Burley added: “Information by its very nature is usually devastating and collectively we have lined so many life-changing occasions.

“However we have additionally loved some fantastic excessive notes too, have not we – the fun of London successful the prospect to host the 2012 Olympics; a plethora of royal weddings; jubilees and who can neglect days and days and days ready for royal infants to reach on the Lindo Wing.

“However after greater than 1,000,000 minutes of stay TV information – greater than anybody else on the planet – its time for me to take pleasure in a few of my different passions – together with my love for journey.

“So, after overlaying 12 separate common elections – together with Sir Keir Starmer’s victory final 12 months – I’m retiring from Sky Information – let politicians of each get together simply rejoice at that information!

“Thanks for waking up and tuning in each morning. I am unable to inform you how a lot I’ve appreciated your assist over the past three and a half a long time: You are superior.”

In 2007 Burley appeared as a contestant on ITV’s Dancing on Ice and in 2018 she was a part of the second sequence of Superstar Hunted.

David Rhodes, govt chairman of Sky Information, mentioned Kay’s dedication to Sky and legacy in tv journalism is “unmatched”.

“We thank Kay for her enormous contribution to Sky, to the artwork of the interview and to British journalism. And we want her the very best of luck,” he added.

Paying tribute to Burley, TV producer Sam McAlister mentioned on X that she was “an absolute icon”.

“Good as hell, sharp as they arrive, bloody wonderful firm,” she wrote.