Sky News stalwart Adam Boulton, who has worked with Burnley since 1989, today retweeted a viewer’s message which said: “Look at the state of Sky News. The morons spent all summer preaching to us and now look at them! After illegally going on a bender, they were going to go to a hospital to put lives at risk!”
Burley tweeted to say that she was on a planned holiday: “Lovely people, whatever else you read be safe in the knowledge I was always heading to my beloved Africa on Friday to sit with lions.”
She had attended a birthday dinner with nine friends and colleagues at Soho’s Century Club restaurant. After hosting the dinner, she ‘popped’ in to another restaurant after the 11pm curfew, which she claimed was to “spend a penny.”
Burley said: “I want to apologise to you all for an error of judgement. On Saturday, night I was enjoying my 60th birthday at a Covid-compliant restaurant. I am embarrassed to say later in the evening I inadvertently broke the rules.
“I had been waiting for a taxi at 11pm to get home. Desperate for the loo I briefly popped in to another restaurant to spend a penny.”
A spokesman denied that anyone had been suspended and said: “A small number of Sky News staff may have engaged in activity that breached the guidelines.
“We place the highest importance on complying with the government guidelines on COVID, and we expect all our people to comply. We were disappointed to learn that a small number of Sky News staff may have engaged in activity that breached the guidelines.
“Although this took place at a social event in personal time, we expect all our people to follow the rules that are in place for everyone. An internal process is underway to review the conduct of the people involved.”
