85 minutes ago Ruth Jones apologises live on BBC Radio 2 after expletive blunder ahead of Gavin And Stacey finale

Fans took to social media after lamenting that they’d love the sitcom’s cast to front a radio show on the broadcaster

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2 hours ago Gavin & Stacey's James Corden makes huge Smithy curry order confession and forgets one major item

On the BBC Radio 2 show, Corden was asked if he had ever tried Smithy's iconic curry order and if he would recommend it

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2 hours ago Gavin and Stacey fans brand the cast's BBC Radio 2 takeover 'ICONIC' and beg for the stars to front the show 'every day'

Gavin and Stacey fans have hailed the cast's BBC Radio 2 takeover as 'iconic' as they declared they wished the stars fronted the show 'every day'.

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4 hours ago Beloved BBC Radio star dies suddenly after game of tennis as wife pays touching tribute

Veteran broadcaster David Arscott, who was a presenter on Radio Brighton before it was renamed Radio Sussex, has died at the age of 81, with wife Jill confirming his passing

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6 hours ago Kemi Badenoch: I will earn voter trust and release policy as 'thought through'

Mrs Badenoch told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that ‘these things will come’, in an interview due to be broadcast on Monday morning

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13 hours ago Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy shares new 'angel' tattoo following star's death

Kate Cassidy, girlfriend of the late Liam Payne has shared a touching tribute to her boyfriend in the form of a new tattoo. She has mentioned angels several times since his death and opted for an inking to express her spirituality

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31 hours ago Death is at the heart of Christmas. That’s why we love to tell festive ghost stories | Kate Maltby

It’s a creepy time of year from The Archers to Nosferatu to Mark Gatiss’ Woman of StoneThis Christmas, find some pity for Lynda Snell MBE. Fans of the BBC radio soap The Archers know Lynda as the stalwart organiser of every Christmas panto in the fictional village of Ambridge. This year, she found herself tasked with something more arduous: voice-coaching the hard-living Mick, who had volunteered to play Father Christmas at the local pub, only for the landlords to discover that Mick had a performance voice so rasping and gravelly it was guaranteed to terrify the children.Readers who, like me, are incurable listeners of The Archers will know the solution: Lynda sparkily announced that this year, Ambridge would host a “creepy Christmas” event, allowing Mick to snarl to his heart’s content as Krampus, not Santa, and a range of other Christmas bogeymen. Hilarity, by Ambridge standards, ensued when Lynda found herself scrambling to hide Mick and his demonic horns from the vicar. Continue...

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