Viewers could have been forgiven for thinking it was all part of a drive to boost audience figures.

The attractive blonde on screen started talking about her colleagues' sex lives – even hinting one was having an affair – before pushing out her breasts and giving viewers a flash of her midriff.

It was only when the presenter's face went an ashen grey and she started reading the news it became clear she had not known she was on air.

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