Local news organisations can now apply for grants of up to £125,000 through a new government fund. It’s designed to support ...

Tina Daheley is stepping away from Radio 2 Breakfast after more than seven years. Tina confirmed the move in a post on Instagram, saying her run on the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show is coming to an end ...

Radio presenter Mark Goodier, comedian Ellie Taylor, and One Show host Alex Jones will cover Drive on BBC Radio 2 when Sara Cox leaves the show tomorrow (Friday 12th June). Sara will take a break ...

Sara Cox has confirmed she will launch her new BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Monday 6th July, with Tom Hanks joining her as the programme’s first guest. The announcement was made on Vernon Kay’s Radio ...

Cool FM, Downtown Radio and Downtown Country have begun broadcasting from Bauer Audio Northern Ireland’s new City Quays base. The move brings to an end 50 years of broadcasting from Kiltonga in ...

Chaka Khan and Simple Minds will headline Radio 2 in the Park 2026 in Stirling across the weekend of 11th to 13th September. The line-up for the event was announced by BBC Radio 2 earlier this morning ...

Matt Edmondson and Mollie King are launching a new comedy crime podcast where they invite audiences to help shape the ending. The Radio 1 presenters will co-host Matt and Mollie’s Novel Idea, a weekly ...

Five politicians will cover James O’Brien’s LBC programme next week whilst he’s off. Angela Rayner, Wes Streeting, Jess Phillips, Robert Jenrick and Karl Turner will each present the 10am to 1pm ...

BBC Radio 5 Live will lose two medium wave transmitters next month. Redruth in Cornwall, and Folkestone in Kent, will both cease transmissions on 31st July 2026. The station’s medium wave switch-off ...

Trevor Nelson has stepped away from his weekday BBC Radio 2 programme while undergoing further medical tests. The presenter confirmed on Instagram that he would be taking “a little break” from work ...

Gideon Coe and Marc Riley are having their hours cut at BBC Radio 6 Music to make way for a new evening schedule. The station is launching two brand new shows – New Music Fix Daily, Monday to Thursday ...

A number of well-known radio broadcasters and DJs have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2026. Carl Cox has been awarded an OBE for services to music. The DJ and broadcaster has been ...