Kirsty Gallacher gives up drinking after being handed two-year drink-driving ban

The presenter has recently returned to her usual post 
Charged: Presenter Kirsty Gallacher
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Safeeyah Kazi7 March 2018
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Kirsty Gallacher has given up drinking after being handed two-year drink-driving ban.

The Sky Sports presenter has insisted that she now only drinks “tons of water” and nothing else.

Her announcement comes after she admitted being three times over the drink-drive limit in September.

The 42-year-old was banned from driving for two years following the arrest.

Speaking to radio presenter Lisa Snowdon, 46, she said: “One of them is to drinks tons of water. I don’t really drink anything else.

“I put lemon and ginger in my water quite a lot. It tastes great and is good for detoxing and cleansing, and also alkalises your system.”

She has since been reinstated in her position on Sky Sports News.

Last September, the TV host was convicted after she was seen driving her red BMW X4 erratically before she parked up in High Street Eton to meet her two children for a day out shopping for school uniforms.

Fresh start: The presenter has dropped the drink
Jeremy Selwyn

Thames Valley Police officers breathalysed Gallacher just after 11am, finding she had 106micrograms of alcohol in her breath - three times the legal limit.

She said she was stressed at the time because of an on-going legal battle with ex-husband Paul Sampson, and told the court she did not know she was over the drink drive limit when she got behind the wheel.

The court heard she stopped off to meet a friend after work at the Winning Post pub in Winkfield the previous evening, drinking until the early hours of the morning before taking a taxi home.

Gallacher took an Uber back to the pub in the morning to collect her car, but was still over the limit when she set off to meet her children.

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