BBC Radio 1 has announced Clara Amfo as the new host of Radio 1's Live Lounge, presenting the weekday 10am to 1pm show on the network from May 25, following Fearne Cotton's departure after ten years with the station.

Amfo, who'll continue to host The Official Chart, said 'I am honoured and thrilled to be presenting such a huge show on Radio 1. The broadcasters who have gone before me have left an impressive trail and I hope to carry that on'. Cotton is expecting her second child with husband Jesse Wood, and presents her last show May 22.