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The former BBC News anchor has been out of the public eye for the past year.
Election coverage is running round the clock until Friday morning.
The BBC News anchor reflected on his career during an interview on Desert Island Discs
"The BBC has accepted his resignation which it believes will allow all parties to move forward."
Liz Webster also took a jab at partygate, adding: "They're not telling the truth."
Some viewers felt the interviewer's questions were not just "inappropriate" but "homophobic".
Michael Gove blamed everyone but the government.
This isn't the first time one of Maryam's hand gestures has made headlines.
Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan said the Israel-Hamas war had created "an avalanche of human suffering".
Maoz Inon is a prominent peace activist who does not want "revenge" for his parents' death.