Jono

It's been a horrible week but I'm hoping it is just that and with Easter here the dust can settle. 

It's been a horrible week but I'm hoping it is just that and with Easter here the dust can settle. 

It's been a horrible week but I'm hoping it is just that and with Easter here the dust can settle. 

It's been a horrible week but I'm hoping it is just that and with Easter here the dust can settle. 

So far the front pages of tomorrow’s papers are free from any mention of Scott including the mirror. Still a few to be released though.

Nothing on the front of the weekend papers which will be a relief. I guess sunday will be the main day. 

Bit of heavy post this but felt the need for a bit of balanced perspective...
It should be noted that many of us can be fired by our employers for behaviour that wouldn't result in a criminal conviction.   Even without there being sufficient evidence for a prosecution, there may be sufficient evidence for the BBC to have decided that Scott had crossed a line.   This is a fantastically awful area of the law, there is a difference between insufficient evidence for a prosecution and saying you are not guilty of what has been accused of you.  There have been cases of men (and women) accused of things where it was better to go to court and the accuser proved to have been lying.  (That said there are no winners here and we must always think of the victims of crime first and in this case we shouldn't assume the accuser isn't a victim of something).  We talk of innocent unless proven guilty but the world isn't really like that, even people who have been fully cleared and their accuser proved of lying are damaged goods.
It's a huge tragedy for Scott and he could well be a victim too in this especially if you know anything of a world where teen boys show an interest in older men and need pushed away (has happened to me in online Apps and you have needed to block and report).
As I say, in the absence of the full facts, we can't and shouldn't judge Scott but equally I am just saying, I suspect the BBC know enough to think that they couldn't keep working with him.  It's not as straightforward as saying "he wasn't convicted of a crime so shouldn't have been fired".  It feels like the BBC without quite saying it are saying "Scott found himself in a situation that we can't have one of our highest profile presenters in".
Even if Scott had a lapse of judgement here, we can't imagine the pure hell he is going through. By all accounts he is a decent guy.  It's a lazy online world that throws out labels for his assumed behaviour and associating him with some truly vile people when it's clear he isn't like them.
 
The biggest question for the BBC to answer is - exactly why now?  If he was going to be fired over this why wasn't he fired at the time?  It is very surprising he wasn't suspended whilst the investigation took place.
 
 

Scott Mills said:

“The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me. An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. 

Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.”

Scott Mills said:

“The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me. An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. 

Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.”

Scott Mills said:

“The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me. An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. 

Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.”

Scott Mills said:

“The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me. An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. 

Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.”

Scott Mills said:

“The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me. An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. 

Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.”

Scott Mills said:

“The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me. An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. 

Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed 7 years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.

I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who have reached out to me with kindness, my former colleagues, and my beloved listeners, who I greatly miss.”

Yeah I was sent that Meek song ages ago in my promo pool. Heard Jo play it and I'm sure capital have it playlisted too.
It's magnificently camp!

Definitely my favourite era! 
YouTube video here - some bloke called Vernon Kay features
 

I missed this, sorry it's late. But I did! Twice! And I laughed and cried at the same time. Was just a brilliant nostalgia trip and an insight to Radio 1 in the 90s and early 00s. Never have I known a radio show be off the air for over 20 years, and have so many people turn up to see them who remember. I saw them near Manchester, then they came to Birmingham after and I thought why not as it's 20 mins away from my front door. I'm glad they did it, and it feels now the book has been properly closed.

Tweet from the press office 
Radio 1's Christmas Day schedule is here! ?
Greg James will present his first-ever Christmas Day Breakfast show live, followed by festive shows from JADE, GK Barry & Ella Rutherford, Munya Chawawa, Jamie Laing & Sophie Habboo, George Clarke and Charley Marlowe ✨

For more chaos I nominate Chris Moyles

The problem is. Ken is in the frame of mind still that playing something from say 2001, is still music for kids and too new for Radio 2. The thing is, that year for example is almost 25 years ago. Time has moved on. Even 2011 now isn't Radio 1's job anymore. I was 13 in 2001 and I'll be 38 next year. I'm middle aged now and I'm well into Radio 2's demographic. But at the same time I don't want to hear Scott or Sara playing lots of Dr Hook and Cliff Richard, which is what Radio 2 would of been playing 25 years ago. It's too old for me, and I'll turn off.
 
Radio 2 when picking brand new music have always gone for the "overall" type artists anyway. For example you could hear Rag n Bone mon and Sabrina Carpenter on both Radio 1 and 2. But Dave's new track will only be a Radio 1 song.

Spoony was always a diamond.  ?
Interesting to hear he used to work in a job centre once.  

This is now firmly set in Tina’s best bits. 
 
The whole 2026 segment was very funny, and this made it all the more memorable!

Yep the whole Breakfast jingles get stuck in my head daily ?

I feel like the Blame Me jingle is going to live with me too... 

"LMF" from Laura's Diary. I can half guess but I never found out what that actually stood for.
Lloyd on the show, the 10 year old football expert for the 2006 World Cup.
"Brokeback Westwood" trailer. I couldn't contain my laughter on the bus. Before I drove. Shows how long ago that was.

The Perfect Christmas Single gets played in my house every year! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIFdJsLRkRM