Laura Kuenssberg, a BBC presenter, was absent from her show on Sunday, October 8, 2023, and was replaced by Victoria Derbyshire. Kuenssberg announced on Twitter that she could not make the show because of personal reasons. According to a news article, the reason for her absence was because her father, Nick Kuenssberg, one of Scotlands best-known business figures, died recently. Laura Kuenssberg left her role as the BBCs political editor in May 2022, after seven years in the role, and is now the presenter of the BBCs.