Zoe Ball has recently opened up that she relies on listening to "green noise" after struggling to sleep following an absence from her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.

Zoe Ball returned to air on BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show this morning after her mysterious six-week absence, following a very difficult year for the beloved presenter

Vernon Kay was taken off air on doctor's orders on Tuesday, a day after his colleague Zoe Ball returned to BBC Radio 2 following an unexpected six-week break. The DJ, who hosts the show after Ball from 9:30am until midday, was replaced by Gaby Roslin on Tuesday after developing a severe sore throat.

Zoe Ball returned to the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Monday morning six weeks after she was replaced on air without warning

Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 absence has left fans of her morning show baffled, but she has now revealed exactly when she will return to the airwaves

Ball had not presented the programme since she briefly returned to the show on 8 August.

Zoe Ball is to miss another week of radio as her replacement host Scott Mills addressed concerned listeners. There has been much speculation around the future of radio presenter, after the host took an extended leave of absence following the death of her mum.

BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball returned to work earlier this week, and has been spotted on a shopping trip in London after she finished presenting the breakfast show

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BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball has returned to the airwaves after more than six weeks off work. Blackpool-born Zoe made a triumphant return to the Radio 2 breakfast show on Monday, September 23. During her comeback,

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball quipped “I have wandered back” and asked listeners “How was your Brat summer?” as she returned to hosting the breakfast show following an on-air absence.