cooler. it s wednesday the 14th of february. tributes are being paid to the legendary radio presenter steve wright, who died suddenly at the age of 69. millions of listeners tuned into the radio host who worked on bbc radio i and radio 2 for more than four decades. media and arts correspondent david sillito has taken a look back at his career. steve wright! # steve wright in the afternoon #. all right now, just after two o clock. now, today, have we got a lot of stuff for you! steve wright in the afternoon, a programme that spanned more than a0 years of radio history. stand by, studios, action! it was only over a year ago that it came to an end, but, this afternoon, radio 2 was the bearer of some sad news. it s really hard to know - what to say about the news of steve wright s passing, except we are all - absolutely devastated. it is a shock. it was only days ago listeners heard this sign off from his sunday love songs. and i m back for more love songs next sunday. is he real
investigation, but it has posed this at the request of the police while they make inquiries. let s go live to a former managing editor at sky news and director of broadcasting at city university of london. there is a lot to digest here. have you managed to look at the timeline, and also the statement from the director general? the problem is, the initial complaints, whether or not it was taken seriously, the allegation from the other side of the story is because the presenter, bbc top presenter, the allegations weren t taken seriously. fine presenter, the allegations weren t taken seriously. taken seriously. one of the things it would be taken seriously. one of the things it would be interesting taken seriously. one of the things it would be interesting to - taken seriously. one of the things it would be interesting to know. taken seriously. one of the things it would be interesting to know is| it would be interesting to know is how often people make allegations, spurio
we will hear from nigel mansell in a moment, a former world champion and ferrari driver but first here is our formula 1 correspondent. we thought he would see out his career at mercedes and that would be how he would spend the rest of his days. this move to ferrari something that tempted him and has been a temptation for his whole career. he has always flirted with the idea of being a ferrari driver. he owns ferraris as well. and this seems to be a good time for him to move. the regulations are changing in 2026 as we have already heard, and he has done this before. he has lined up a move and almost found the time for that move before it was due to happen. and it seems like he is pre empting what is going to happen in 2026, and hopefully, for him, and of the world championship. i think the timing could be right for lewis hamilton because ferrari has been knocking on the door of the world championship for the last four or so years so they are ready to win and i m sure if lewis
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