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GMB's Laura Tobin taking break from ITV breakfast show to spend time with family

Laura Tobin has decided to take a break from ITV's Good Morning Britain to spend some quality time with her family.

The 41-year-old, who presents the weather segment, took to Instagram to tell her followers.

Addressing fans, she penned: "I'm on leave for the first week of the Easter holidays & spending time with the family, mostly enjoying the [sun emoji] & eating chocolate."

Laura went on to say that she will be taking a break from social media too.

"So I probably won't post that much," she penned. "Have a lovely easter & see you @gmb A week on Wednesday".

Laura is married to Dean Brown and the pair share daughter Charlotte, five, together.

The weather presenter tends not to share photos of her daughter on social media and keeps her family life private, too, writes The Mirror.

Back in 2021 she gave a rare interview with her daughter and revealed how she became so close with her daughter, who had a tough start to life.

The meteorologist has been working on the show for 10 years (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Laura, who has been on GMB for 10 years, opened up to the Mirror's Notebook magazine and discussed her daughter being born 12 weeks premature.

In the interview, Laura said that Dr Hilary Jones urged her to go to hospital immediately after she suffered stomach pains on set – and it turned out she was going into labour 12 weeks early.

Charlotte was born weighing 2lb 8oz and had a weak immune system, which left her unable to live a normal life and socialise during her first two years.

Laura recalled: "If you knew what was happening, you’d be very worried, but I didn’t know I was going into labour.

"I turned up at work, I had a tummy ache, the wardrobe lady said, 'My goodness, you don’t look well.'

"Charlotte [Hawkins] said, 'Oh, it’s Braxton Hicks.'

"Dr Hilary was on his way in, so Debbie in wardrobe phoned him and he said, 'It sounds like she might be going into labour but don’t tell her. I don’t want her to worry. St Thomas’s hospital is down the road, which has the best unit in the country for premature birth.'

Laura tends to keep details about her daughter private (lauratobinweather/Instagram)

"I just turned up at hospital, then slowly it dawned on me, 'OK, fine. It’s going to happen'."

Charlottes's premature birth has meant she is more vulnerable to illnesses than others.

Laura explained: "When you have a premature baby, they’re vulnerable to all illnesses because they don’t have the immunity a normal-term baby would have.

"So the advice is, 'Don’t go to supermarkets, don’t hang around with anybody who’s got a cold'."

She added: "Essentially lockdown [advice], which we did anyway in the first two years of her life. Then six months later we were in lockdown [laughs]."

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