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Nottingham Post
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Kate Lally & Jack Thurlow

Craig Charles rushed to hospital after falling ill on live radio show

TV and radio star Craig Charles was rushed to hospital after he fell ill while hosting a BBC music show. The 58-year-old was presenting his regular afternoon slot on 6 Music when he felt a worrying tingling in his fingers and a pain in the right side of his shoulder.

Red Dwarf star Charles managed to get through the show before his wife picked him up and insisted he visit a hospital, Liverpool Echo reports. As he returned to the show on Friday afternoon, March 24, he explained to listeners what had happened.

He said: "My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling. I had a pain in the right side of me shoulder going up my neck and into the back of my head.

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