announced that presenter and newsreader Penny Smith was leaving GMTV, with presenter John Stapleton being redeployed as special correspondent. Smith presented her final broadcast on 4 June 2010. Also announced on that same day was the decision of political correspondent Gloria De Piero to quit GMTV in February 2010, to stand as a Labour Party parliamentary candidate. On 6 March, GMTV Kids presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson were made redundant. They appeared for the last time on the programme in May 2010, meaning no presenter linked between programmes in the Toonattik strand. In early April, there was speculation that Eamonn Holmes and Kate Thornton were in the running to present the new revamp programme. A source said: 'With Eamonn and Kate, it will almost be like a pilot. If it works, they will be licking their lips. It has not been signed but all sides are actively considering it. There is still some work to do but it is looking very likely.' On 19 April, it was announced BBC presenter Adrian Chiles was quitting his roles with the corporation, to join ITV plc on a six-year contract, co-presenting on GMTV and casting doubt over the futures of incumbent male hosts Andrew Castle and Ben Shephard. On 21 April, it was confirmed that Ben Shephard was leaving GMTV after 10 years, after earlier telling management he would not be renewing his contract. On 7 May, it was announced that former The One Show editor Ian Rumsey would take editorial control of the programme from June, with Paul Connolly as his deputy, taking over the temporary placement of Sue Walton, as she moved to tackling the move of GMTV with Lorraine to a new stand-alone programme. On 10 June, it was confirmed that Andrew Castle would leave GMTV after 10 years. On the same day, ITV plc. announced that they would be dropping the GMTV brand name from the breakfast franchise in favour of a relaunched format later in the year. On 20 June, ITV plc. announced that Christine Bleakley would join Chiles as lead female host, after signing an exclusive three-year deal to present on the breakfast slot, and other prime-time entertainment shows. The pair had previously worked together on the BBC's The One Show. As of July, GMTV came from Studio 3 at TLS (where Loose Women came from); this move was because Al Jazeera Sports, which originally came