Radio 2's Scott Mills shares regret as he faces backlash covering for Zoe Ball (2024)

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Veteran DJ Scott Mills revealed he was receiving "angry texts" within seconds of reading out a ranking of top UK ice creams while standing in for Zoe Ball. Scott Mills has opened up about a “regret” he has after facing a backlash while standing in for Radio 2's Zoe Ball.

Amidst fan concerns and speculation that Zoe might not make a comeback, BBC has now confirmed she will indeed return to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show later this month. A spokesperson for Radio 2 assured Express.co.uk: "Zoe will return to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show later this month."

In 2018, Ball was announced as the new host of BBC Radio 2's flagship breakfast show and took over from Chris Evans in January 2019.

He is best known for presenting the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and since then, on BBC Radio 2. Mills has also been a UK commentator for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest.

History. Scott Mills joined Radio 1 on 12 October 1998, hosting the early breakfast show between 4–6:30am.

Zoe Ball announces she is pregnant with her second child live on radio show. Zoe Ball, the radio presenter, has announced that she is expecting her second child with her DJ husband, Norman Cook. The Radio 2 Breakfast presenter announced the news on her radio show on Saturday morning.

Zoe Ball dropped by 533,000 listeners compared with the previous quarter, bringing her audience down to 6.7 million, but her programme remained the most popular breakfast show in the UK.

BBC Radio 2 breakfast show presenter Zoe Ball has been revealed as the highest earning radio presenter employed by the BBC, earning £4,750 per show. The corporation has revealed its own rich list, which sees Gary Lineker take the top spot being paid £1.35m, followed by Zoe Ball at up to £954,999 per year.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball was paid between £950,000 and £954,999 by the BBC last year, making her the corporation's second-highest-paid employee behind Gary Lineker's annual salary of at least £1.35m. From Zoe's salary, it works out that she earns around £4,000 per show.

Scott hasn't given a reason for the long break and has been absent from social media, but it is believed he is on holiday, and some speculate it could be related to his long-awaited wedding, which is rumoured to take place this year.

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"The coroner has now discontinued this case," reports the Mirror. Steve's funeral has yet to take place. A Coroner generally probes sudden, violent or unnatural deaths like accidents or suicides.

Wright was replaced in the daytime schedule by Scott Mills, who halfway through the financial year moved from hosting weekday afternoons on Radio 1 to the same slot on Radio 2. Mills earned £300,000 from the BBC last year, a drop of £100,000 from last year.

Who is Jordan North dating? Jordan has kept details of his love life under wraps and has never publicly named any partners. Before heading into the I'm A Celebrity castle in 2020, he said: 'I am single at the moment. But that is not the reason why I am going in.

In 1998 Scott was approached by the Radio 1 early breakfast show and carried on getting up early for Britain until he took over the weekend afternoon shows in January 2004. In June of that year Scott took over the weekday early evening slot, 4-7pm.

Paul Hollingdale, Kenneth Alwyn, Eric Robinson, Cliff Adams, Pat Doody, Barry Alldis, Teddy Johnson, Brian Matthew, David Jacobs, Ray Moore, Alberto Semprini, Humphrey Lyttelton, Sam Costa, Alan Dell, David Gell, Benny Green, Pete Murray, David Hamilton, and John Dunn all join.

On 3 April 1972, Dunn was replaced by Sir Terry Wogan (with Dunn moving to begin his long-running popular Drivetime show). During the Wogan era, the programme was also moved to a later start time of 7 am, with an Early Show preceding it, finishing at 9am.

Joyce Frost, who appeared as the "Old Woman", died in 2016. She previously would come onto Steve's afternoon slot and would give her take on what was going on in the world, including a "factoids" slot. When she died, Steve said: "She was a complete natural on the air and very opinionated and witty.

Camera man Billy sadly took his own life in May 2017 after a long battle with depression, with Zoe revealing she'd been 'in shock for two years' following the loss. Alongside a snap of Billy, Zoe penned: '7 years kisses in the sky'.