1 hour ago BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright's touching final act after death revealed

The beloved BBC broadcaster died suddenly in February last year

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4 h. ago Vernon Kay apologises to King Charles and Camilla after 'throwing them under the bus'

In a history-themed segment of his BBC Radio 2 show, Vernon Kay shared details about the broadcaster moving a vast record library to a new building in the 1960s

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5 h. ago BBC Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox: The morning is when my brain is at its sharpest and my mood is at its highest

Broadcaster and author Sara Cox talks to Camilla Foster about her morning routine and what energy-boosting habits she couldn’t live without.

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17 h. ago Rylan Clark's celebrity pals hilariously go against him as he admits being 'bled dry'

The BBC Radio 2 star is often flooded with praise for doting on his mum, Linda

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19 h. ago Listen as Prince William attempts unexpected accent in BBC Radio 2 voice note

Prince William surprised BBC Radio 2 host Scott Mills live on air with an unexpected voice note on Tuesday’s (24 June) show.

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22 h. ago Prince William interrupts BBC Radio 2 with cheeky warning leaving guest stunned

Prince William left a voice note that was played during the Scott Mills Breakfast Show on Radio 2, much to the surprise of a guest on the show, the conservationist Robert Irwin

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23 h. ago BBC Radio 2 legend Steve Wright's gift to charities and his children is revealed in will after his death aged 69

The BBC Radio 2 legend died aged 69 from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach at his £2million home in London on February 12 2024.

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24 h. ago DJ Steve Wright's will is revealed with BBC Radio 2 legend leaving behind surprisingly small sum after his tragic death aged 69

The BBC Radio 2 legend died aged 69 from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach at his £2million home in London on February 12 2024.

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24 h. ago BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright's will revealed with touching move

The veteran radio broadcaster died at the age of 69 in February 2024

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24 h. ago BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright's will revealed as he left astonishing gift behind after death

DJ Steve Wright died aged 69 in February last year. He left behind some money to his kids and charity in his will

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27 h. ago Wynne Evans' final BBC show 'won't return'following Strictly scandal

Wynne Evans' final show on the BBC has reportedly been axed after the opera singer was dropped from his BBC Wales breakfast radio show following an investigation

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37 h. ago BBC drops another Wynne Evans project as it cuts ties after Strictly drama

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans left the live tour and his radio show earlier this year, and the BBC has now confirmed it has 'no plans' to renew a travel show he did

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50 h. ago BBC Radio 1 star 'gutted' as she's forced to miss show due to debilitating condition

BBC Radio 1 star, Lauren Layfield, usually presents Life Hacks with Pete Allison, but told fans she has to miss today's programme due to a nauseating condition

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69 h. ago Rylan Clark questions 'decision' by BBC bosses as he says 'they won't listen'

Rylan Clark has presented his BBC Radio 2 show since 2019 when he replaced Zoe Ball, but he says he has pitched another idea to bosses at the radio station

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69 h. ago Rylan Clark says 'they won't listen' as he questions 'decision' by BBC bosses

Rylan Clark has presented his BBC Radio 2 show since 2019 when he replaced Zoe Ball, but he says he has pitched another idea to bosses at the radio station

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3 d. ago I’m no Ed Sheeran fan, but he’s right: when it comes to musical plagiarism, guilt is in the ear of the listener | Simon Price

Musical history is littered with cases like the failed $100m suit against the singer, and they risk stifling pop musicLeave Ed Sheeran alone. Four words I never expected to write, but we live in very strange times.Cards on the table: I’m no fan of his music, but that’s neither here nor there when it comes to making sense of the recently concluded epic battle over alleged copyright infringement. To catch you up to speed: on 20 June 2014, Sheeran released his second studio album X, a worldwide chart-topper. On 24 September 2014, he released the third single from it, Thinking Out Loud, a standard love song about vowing eternal devotion, which was another worldwide chart-topper. In between, that July, BBC Radio 1Xtra announced its Power List of the most important figures in black and urban music, which, to much derision, placed the very white Sheeran at the top. This was nothing new: Sheeran had already received four nominations for a Mobo Award. And, at least according to the owners of...

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3 d. ago In the Arena: Serena Williams review – there is just no one in the world that matches up to her (and her sister)

This eight-part docuseries about one of tennis’s most decorated players paints a picture of an astonishing woman – and an even more astonishing sibling relationshipSerena Williams, holder of 39 grand slam titles and four Olympic gold medals, who spent 319 weeks as tennis’s world No 1 and became the highest-earning female athlete in history, never thought she was that good when she was a young player. That was because she was always training against her older sister, Venus (“she was the prodigy of prodigies”), the only person in the world who could really challenge her. A year younger, Serena remembers being shorter and weaker and resorting to cheating on line calls at practice so she could occasionally beat her.In the Arena: Serena Williams (the title comes from President Roosevelt’s 1910 speech to the Sorbonne – “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the ...

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3 d. ago Peter Kay fans given apology by venue amid disappointment over gig ticket chaos

Peter Kay and Sara Cox are uniting for two special events at the Lowry's Lyric Theatre in Salford later this year, with tickets having gone on sale for the shows this morning

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4 d. ago Lowry Theatre issues statement after customers report issues booking tickets for Peter Kay shows

It comes following the announcement of two new live special events with comedian Peter Kay and DJ Sara Cox

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4 d. ago Rantzen warns peers not to hamper progress of assisted dying law

Dame Esther Rantzen said peers should scrutinise but not oppose the legislation, which cleared the Commons on Friday.

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