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The Latest Breaking News from Radio 2

Zoe Ball surprises Scott Mills with tearful message as he kicks off Radio 2 Breakfast Show

The show began with lively celebrations, including a unique tribute from Stockport Train Station

Evening Standard

Zoe Ball will host ‘new show’ on BBC Radio 2, says Gaby Roslin

The presenter previously hinted she would return for ‘new adventures’ – but did not disclose in what capacity

The Independent UK

Scott Mills says he is ‘not worried in the slightest’ about major BBC Radio 2 concern

Mills will make his debut as Zoe Ball’s replacement on the flagship show next week

The Independent UK

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Scott Mills ‘not worried’ about perceived lack of women presenters on Radio 2

Zoe Ball presented her last breakfast show on December 20, with Mills set to take over on January 27.

Evening Standard

Radio 2 presenter Debbie Greenwood provides health update after ‘unexpected’ six-night stay in hospital

Host who rose to fame in the Eighties said she is now recovering

The Independent UK

Johnnie Walker’s wife says she is sure her husband ‘loved’ his funeral service

Tiggy was joined by her husband’s former BBC Radio 2 colleagues and Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant at the funeral service on Friday.

Evening Standard

Motorbike riders follow funeral procession of BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker

Walker was an avid fan of Harley Davidson motorbikes.

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Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness admits his mother kept Glitterball trophy in the toilet

McGuiness also revealed the unlikely way he came to audition for The Wanted

Evening Standard

‘I hated playing by the rules’: Johnnie Walker, the empathetic radio DJ with a rebel spirit

His BBC career began with a year-long suspension and he was later fired for on-air comments. Yet the broadcaster’s warmth meant listeners followed him for more than five decades

The Guardian - UK

BBC Radio 2 poll reveals the UK’s favourite Elvis Presley song

Fans were asked to vote ahead of what would have been the King of Rock and Roll’s 90th birthday

The Independent UK

Suspicious Minds voted UK’s favourite Elvis Presley song by Radio 2 listeners

In The Ghetto finished second, while If I Can Dream came third, Always On My Mind came fourth, and in fifth was Can’t Help Falling In Love.

Evening Standard

Johnnie Walker’s wife raises glass to ‘most devoted husband’ on New Year’s Eve

The DJ’s death was announced by Sounds Of The 70s presenter Bob Harris.

Evening Standard

BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker dies aged 79

Legendary BBC radio DJ Johnnie Walker has passed away at the age of 79.

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Johnnie Walker obituary

Former pirate radio disc jockey who went to Radio 1 and later became a stalwart of Radio 2

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The Independent UK

Johnnie Walker, legendary BBC Radio presenter, dies aged 79

Walker first rose to fame among British music fans as a disc jockey on pirate station Radio Caroline in the Sixties, and later became a favourite among BBC listeners, even if he did hate the Bay City Rollers

The Guardian - UK

Johnnie Walker, BBC radio DJ, dies aged 79

Pioneering presenter was best known for hosting Sounds of the 70s and the Radio 2 Rock Show

Evening Standard

Johnnie Walker: Former pirate radio DJ who spent over five decades at the BBC

Walker had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPS), a terminal condition which causes the lungs to become scarred and makes breathing difficult.

The Guardian - UK

BBC Radio 2 presenter thanks NHS staff after treatment for brain bleed

Johnathan Joseph, known as DJ Spoony, went to hospital on 21 December after a headache lasted for weeks

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Evening Standard

Vernon Kay insists he's 'loving' his radio job as he jokes about retirement plans

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC Radio 2 star also reveals what happened when he got to go ‘behind the velvet rope’ at his hero Elvis Presley’s home in Graceland

The Guardian - UK

Laughter and tears as Zoe Ball presents her final breakfast show for BBC Radio 2

Presenter thanks listeners for ‘special intimate relationship’ and signs off with message of female empowerment

The Independent UK

Zoe Ball says she is off to see her children after final Radio 2 breakfast show

She announced in November that she would be leaving.

The Independent UK

Zoe Ball emotionally signs off last Radio 2 Breakfast show with moving final song

Presenter broke down in tears as she said farewell after six years in hosting chair

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Teary Zoe Ball bids farewell to BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show

Zoe Ball has bid farewell to BBC Radio 2 with her last-ever instalment of 'The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show'.

The Independent UK

Zoe Ball breaks down in tears as she presents final Radio 2 Breakfast show

‘I can’t see the buttons through my giddy tears,’ said presenter during last broadcast

The Independent UK

Zoe Ball begins final Radio 2 breakfast show with Daft Punk’s One More Time

Ball shared a message from a man who said he was driving home for Christmas early so he could listen to her last show.

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