Carol Kirkwood was taken to hospital after being knocked off her bike in the pandemic and the meterologist has opened up about her ordeal which had her out of work for three weeks. The 63-year-old spoke out in a new interview as the BBC Breakfast weather host admitted she now struggles to cycle since the accident which left her injured five years ago. The TV star, who tied the knot with her husband Steve in a private ceremony in 2023, said he has been a constant support. Speaking to Saga magazine, Carol said: "During the pandemic, I was on my bike and someone drove into me, knocking me off. I was taken to hospital with a severe injury to one of my knees and was off work for three weeks."

She continued: "The accident stopped me cycling and gave me a fear of riding on roads. I’ve been back out on my bike with Steve but when a car overtakes, I get nervous and feel I’m going to fall off. So I don’t tend to cycle any more, which is a shame because I loved it." At the time of the incident the BBC weather presenter tweeted that she had been "injured" and was taken to hospital in Slough.

"Biggest thanks ever to the police (Chris and Faye), the ambulance crew (Miranda and Stewart) who tended to me and took me to hospital," she said.

She was back on BBC Breakfast on a Tuesday morning after three weeks away but told viewers that her leg had been hurt.

"I still have a nasty injury on my knee but I'm still here," she told concerned viewers at the time.

Elsewhere in the interview, Carol opened up about her 13-year age gap with her husband Steve.

She shared: "Steve is 50 this year. Other people’s opinions about an age gap don’t matter – I don’t feel he is younger than me.

He is so romantic. On the days I work, he gets up at 2.45am to make me a cup of tea and packs my breakfast."

The Breakfast host has been busy in recent months as she recently released her third novel Meet Me at Sunset earlier this year.

You can read the full interview with Carol Kirkwood in the August issue of Saga magazine