Grieving Zoe Ball pulls out of filming the finale of the BBC's new baking show after the death of her lover

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Zoe Ball has pulled out of filming for the final of the BBC's new baking show just days after the death of her boyfriend Billy Yates.

The grieving 46-year-old will 行方不明になる the last episode of the Big Family Cooking 対決 which she has hosted with Bake Off 勝利者 Nadiya Hussain, 32.?

It comes after Yates was tragically 設立する dead at his home in Putney last Thursday.

A source told The Sun: 'Everyone understands Zoe's predicament and there's real sympathy for her.

'But her absence in the final is a blow for the debut series.'?

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Breaking her silence: Zoe Ball has taken to social マスコミ during this terrible time to thank her fans for their '肉親，親類d messages' and continued support, re-tweeting a message from her 管理／経営 company

The Big Family Cooking 対決 will go?直接／まっすぐに up against Channel 4's reincarnation of The 広大な／多数の／重要な British Bake Off when it 攻撃する，衝突するs TV 審査するs in autumn on BBC Two.

Show bosses have brought in chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Rosemary Shrager in to 裁判官.

Throwing baking to the wayside and 開始 the spectrum up much wider, the 最新の foodie series will 炭坑，オーケストラ席 families against one another, rather than individuals, and feature all types of cooking methods.

Locatelli, 53, and Shrager, 66, are taking over from Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry and decide which families will be whittled 負かす／撃墜する through a 一連の challenges.

Earlier this week a 荒廃させるd Zoe took to social マスコミ to thank her fans for their '肉親，親類d messages' and continued support,re-tweeting a message from her 管理／経営 company.

The 地位，任命する reads: 'On に代わって of Zoe Ball, we would like to thank everyone for the 肉親，親類d messages and support during a very difficult time.'

The 地位，任命する read: 'On に代わって of Zoe Ball, we would like to thank everyone for the 肉親，親類d messages and support during a very difficult time'

Mental health 認識／意識性 Week: The presenter also re-tweeted a message from food blogger Jack Monroe about mental health and 自殺 予防

Zoe - who has yet to comment on the news in person - was met with an influx of support from her 信奉者s, who 勧めるd her to stay strong.

The presenter also re-tweeted a message from food blogger Jack Monroe about mental health and 自殺 予防.

It read: 'You don't have to 'man up' - the biggest 殺し屋 of men under 45 is 自殺. The strongest thing to do is talk. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek'.?

It has been 報告（する）／憶測d that Zoe's 悲劇の boyfriend fell 犠牲者 to a 刑務所，拘置所d accountant who left his （弁護士の）依頼人s with 抱擁する 税金 法案s.

Billy is said to have 雇うd Christopher Lunn, who was 刑務所，拘置所d for five years in 2016 and had 星／主役にするs such as Sadie 霜 and Fiona Bruce の中で his clientele.

Lunn filled out inflated 料金s and expenses on 税金 returns ーするために 減ずる taxable 利益（をあげる）s, but often left his 顧客s with 抱擁する 法案s to 前線.

悲劇の: Zoe 明らかにする／漏らすd she was in a 関係 with 40-year-old カメラマン Billy Yates (pictured together in February) after she 分裂（する） from husband DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした, last September

報告（する）／憶測s: Billy is said to have 雇うd accountant Christopher Lunn, who was 刑務所，拘置所d for five years in 2016 and who had 星／主役にするs such as Sadie 霜 and Fiona Bruce の中で his clientele. HMRC 回復するd £20million after he was 逮捕（する）d

Lunn was 逮捕（する）d in 2010 after HMRC 暴露するd 証拠 of a 範囲 of serious offences.

He stood 裁判，公判 at Southwark 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 in September 2013, 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with six counts of Cheating the Public 歳入.

In January 2014, he was acquitted on two 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s while the 陪審／陪審員団 was unable to reach a 判決 on the remaining four.

悲劇: Billy was discovered at his flat in Putney, south London, (pictured) on Thursday evening

Going public: In January, Zoe was seen passionately embracing and kissing Billy Yates after they got out of a cab together in London

However, after five years of 詳細（に述べる）d 調査 by HMRC, Lunn was 罪人／有罪を宣告するd at the retrial in December, where a 陪審／陪審員団 設立する him 有罪の of four counts of Cheating the Public 歳入.

Lunn was 予定 to be 宣告，判決d on January 6 but his 宣告，判決ing has been 延期するd after his lawyer （人命などを）奪う，主張するd in mitigation he could only be held 責任がある a fraction of the losses （人命などを）奪う，主張するd by the 起訴.?

When he was 宣告，判決d, HMRC said in a 声明: 'This 調査 has already 回復するd £20million as Lunn's former （弁護士の）依頼人s settle their 税金 義務／負債s, with more to come.'?

Its is understood the 財政上の 問題／発行するs 追加するd to his 明言する／公表する of mind, but it is not yet （疑いを）晴らす what 軍隊d him to commit 自殺.

の近くに: In February this year, Zoe was seen helping Yates move into his new flat in south London

It has been （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that the presenter wants to tell Mr Yates' mother and father how much she loved their son when the time is 権利.

She is yet to 接触する his grieving parents to 支払う／賃金 her 弔慰s, preferring to wait for the opportune moment.

Television presenter and DJ Kate Thornton stood in on The Zoe Ball Show on her Saturday BBC 無線で通信する show and 配達するd her 深く心に感じた 弔慰s to the 厳密に spin-off host on-空気／公表する.

At the start of the show she said: 'Sadly our lovely Zoe Ball can't be here today.

'Before we get started can I just say from everyone on the show and here at 無線で通信する 2 our thoughts are with Billy, his family, and friends and of course with you Zoe.

尊敬の印s: The flowers were left on the doorstep at the home where Billy was 設立する dead

'We are sending you the biggest of 抱擁するs.'??

Ms Ball took to Instagram to 地位，任命する a poignant and heartbr eaking message に引き続いて the 悲劇, 令状ing only: 'My 甘い love'.

Paramedics arrived minutes after Mr Yates was discovered at his home in Putney, south London, but were unable to 生き返らせる him.???

Sources say he 苦しむd 財政上の problems and mental health difficulties as Zoe followed 不景気 認識／意識性 and 苦悩 UK on Twitter.

Emotional: Television presenter Kate Thornton 削減（する） a forlorn 人物／姿／数字 as she arrived at 無線で通信する 2 in London to stand in for Zoe Ball on her show earlier this month

And in his final 悲劇の tweet Billy said a 調書をとる／予約する about 不景気 肩書を与えるd How To Save Time had given him '推論する／理由s to stay alive.'?

Zoe's 広報担当者 said after the 悲劇の news broke: 'Zoe is 荒廃させるd and requests that during this difficult time the マスコミ 尊敬（する）・点 her privacy 同様に as the privacy of her friends and family.'

Mr Yates was said to have given the?厳密に Come Dancing presenter a new 賃貸し（する） of life に引き続いて her marriage 分裂（する） from DJ Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした and she had only recently 表明するd her love for him.??

地位，任命する: Zoe 株d a Samaritans tweet (pictured) which encouraged anyone going through a difficult or 苦しめるing time to call the charity

She had also 株d a Samaritans tweet which?encouraged anyone going through a difficult or 苦しめるing time to call the charity.

Along with a picture of a heart-形態／調整d lightsabre, it read: 'If it really doesn't feel like the 軍隊 is with you today, we're here and ready to listen.'

Speaking last week, Mr Yates' 72-year-old father, David from Darwen in Lancashire, 拒絶する／低下するd to comment on his son's death, 追加するing only: 'We're just 荒廃させるd, thank you.'

Social マスコミ 地位，任命する: Zoe took to Instagram and 地位，任命するd a poignant photograph of a flower with the caption, 'My 甘い love'

Tweet: In his final 悲劇の tweet Billy said a 調書をとる／予約する about 不景気 肩書を与えるd How To Save Time had given him '推論する／理由s to stay alive'

Flowers: 会葬者s left floral 尊敬の印s (pictured) outside Mr Yates's house in London?

分裂（する）: The pair's romance （機の）カム after she 分裂（する） from her husband of 18 years Norman Cook aka Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした (pictured) last September

Together: The pair had been spotted out together on 非常に／多数の occasions, and were seen in January kissing in the street in London

The pair's romance （機の）カム after she 分裂（する） from her husband of 18 years Norman Cook last September.

After 発表するing their 分離, Ball and Cook said they would remain '広大な／多数の／重要な friends' and would continue to support each other to raise their two children together.

She met the 40-year-old Antiques Roadshow カメラマン through 相互の friends at the BBC.?

In January, the couple were seen passionately embracing and kissing in the street in London.

One onlooker said: 'They looked like a new couple who are besotted with each other. Zoe cou ldn't stop smiling and was very into him, they look 広大な／多数の／重要な together.'

Shock: Billy (pictured 権利 in February) was 設立する dead at his flat in Putney, south London, last Thursday evening

In February, Zoe was seen helping Yates move into his new London flat.

At the time, Mr Yates's ex Molly Johnson, 41 said she hoped the 'brilliant man' would settle 負かす／撃墜する with his new love.

She said: 'It's all lovely and fabulous. I hope they're very happy. He is a dear, dear friend, my whole family just adore him.

'All that 事柄s to us is that he's happy. He's a really, 適切に brilliant man, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for him.'??

The 悲劇 comes just a day after the TV host spoke out how she was embracing approaching 50.?

相互の freinds: Zoe and Billy (pictured) had been spotted out together on 非常に／多数の occasions. They are said to have met through friends at the BBC

She 述べるd the past 12 months in which she 分裂（する） with Cook and started her 関係 with Mr Yates as a 'year of 発見'.?

During that time, she was also seen embracing boyband?singer Tay Starhz, 22, on the dancefloor at the festive 包む party for 厳密に Come Dancing's BBC2 spin-off show It Takes Two.??

Speaking at comedian Sarah Millican's 月毎の 基準 問題／発行する in Conversation event at London's Leicester Square Theatre this week, the TV host said she is 'starting to embrace the older age thing', 追加するing: 'You just stop caring about stuff so much which is nice.'

She 追加するd: 'I have had a bit of a year. I've had a bit of a year of self-発見.'?

同様に as his camera work on Antiques Roadshow, Mr Yates has also worked on ITV's The Xtra Factor.?

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