ITV's Loose Women will not be on screens for rest of the week as episodes are canned

ITV will not air Loose Women at all this week as Ruth Langsford announced the news during Monday's episode.

The show host told viewers that the Loose ladies wouldn't be in studio for the rest of the week due to a change in the usual TV schedule. She said: "We are off for the rest of the week because of the racing at Cheltenham.

"We will be back next Monday. I know it's a shame, but we will see you then."

The Cheltenham horse racing festival will be shown instead of Loose Women at 12.30pm. And in another schedule change, the ITV lunchtime news will instead be shown until 12.50pm every weekday.

Ruth told viewers that the show would not be on all week (ITV)

The Cheltenham Festival will then be shown from 1pm on ITV, with all the action from the racecourse covered. Loose Women has been taken off the air in the past during Cheltenham to allow the racing to be shown.

Loose Women continues at 12:30pm on ITV next week

Get the latest celebrity gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox. Sign up to our daily Showbiz newsletter here .

READ NEXT:

• Loose Women star Carol McGiffin stuns fans after revealing real age in stunning holiday snap

• Loose Women's Linda Robson going through 'rough patch' with husband of 33 years

• ITV Loose Women's Carol McGiffin opens up about body confidence and living with one breast

• Loose Women star Denise Welch gets emotional as she reveals she's a grandma for the first time

• Loose Women's Carol McGiffin denies having cosmetic surgery as her face is 'like a tomato' on ITV show