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BBC's Jon Kay says 2024 summit is going to Washington Jon Kay almost over-promised the teens taking part in the BBC 2024 summit a trip of a lifetime when he revealed where the event was taking place in Wednesday's instalment of BBC Breakfast . The 54-year-old host and his co-star Sally Nugent sat down with a group of students who had taken on the challenge of giving up their mobile phones for almost a week. Teen Ruby, Loreann, and Charlie detailed the "tough" experience while telling the BBC Breakfast hosts about the benefits of going phone-free.

After the interview concluded, Jon explained that the students would be talking about the topic of phones at the upcoming BBC Teen 2024 summit. But while dropping the details about the event he slipped up when it came to one major piece of information, forcing Sally to step in to correct him . READ MORE Sally Nugent breaks silence after fears she's quit BBC Breakfast Jon accidently said the BBC 2024 summit is going to Washington - not Warrington (Image: BBC) "These guys will be talking about this and all the other issues involved on BBC Five Live and BBC Bitesize a bit later this morning,” Jon explained.



“They're holding a Teen 24 Summit in Washing--, in Washington? No?” he continued, as he stumbled on his words before realising he had messed up. Thankfully, Sally swiftly jumped in to correct him, pointing out that it’s actually “Warrington,” where the students will be heading to for the event. “Sorry no Warrington,” .

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