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´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio presenter Kaye Adams called in sick live on air - just half an hour before she was due to broadcast her own show.

The host of Mornings on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland lost her voice when she appeared on the station's Good Morning Scotland to promote her phone-in.

It quickly became clear she would not be able to continue.

She told hosts Gary Robertson and Laura Maxwell: "I might not even make the phone-in at this rate."

Adams, who also hosts Loose Women and has appeared on ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Strictly Come Dancing, was replaced at the last minute by Lucy Whyte and Laura McGhie.

When she took to the airwaves shortly before 08:30 to discuss her show, her colleagues raised concerns about her health and asked about her voice.

They thought she was joking when she croaked a response - but she told them it was her real voice.

"I opened my mouth and I had no idea what would come out, which is what I usually do, to be honest," she said.

But she initially appeared determined to continue for at least part of the show, which was due to begin at 09:00.

"I'm struggling a little bit today," she said. "Maybe today I might just do the phone-in and then we might get emergency services in, I think, because it's failing me.

"I thought it was better than it was but when I got here this morning I felt..."

"It's going to be annoying, I'm sorry," she added.

Adams went on to explain that the topic of the phone-in was the Scottish government's drugs policy, before admitting she was unlikely to be able to host it.

"Somebody will be with your at nine o'clock," she said.

And Robertson added: "Stay tuned to find out who'll be presenting at nine."

Later Maxwell told listeners that Adams had gone home "because she was squeaking".

And as she began the phone-in, replacement Whyte said: "She couldn't speak, the poor soul. I think she was putting on a brave face and thinking she was going to do it today."