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Vernon Kay presents VE Day 80 - A Swinging Celebration at Alexandra Palace on BBC Radio 2. Picture: James Watkins/BBC

Vernon Kay to present VE Day Radio 2 show from Beverley
Vernon Kay is taking his BBC Radio 2 show to Beverley in East Yorkshire for a very special VE Day Tea Party tomorrow.

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Jeremy Vine: 'Things have changed, 60 is the new 43'

Tony Blackburn narrates Brass, The Beatles and Bradford for BBC Radio 2. Picture: BBC

Tony Blackburn: 'Everybody was screaming their heads off at The Beatles'

Helen Thomas, head of BBC Radio 2.

'The reason we exist to is bring people together to feel great'

A track once thought lost to the annuls of time by Tina Turner has been rediscovered over 40 years later.

Missing Tina Turner song rediscovered after 40 years

Elaine Paige, ambassador for Royal Voluntary Service. Photo: Royal Voluntary Service/PA

Elaine Paige at 76: 'Sometimes I’m rather childish'

Paul Stone performing with the Basement Collective. Picture: Anesta Broad

Yorkshire singer Paul Stone and the Basement Collective unveil new single

Tony surprised the audience at the Sheffield Hospitals Charity festive fundraiser.

Music Legend Tony Christie makes surprise appearance at Sheffield fundraiser

Could we see Blackpool's Zoe Ball take on The Traitors' castle? Zoe has odds of 6/1 - Probability: 14.3%

What is TMJ? Symptoms of Zoe Ball's jaw condition explained

Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker has announced he is airing his final show

Legendary broadcaster makes moving announcement about airing his final show

Hot off the release of their first single in 16 years, Alone, The Cure are set for an intimate performance for BBC Radio 2 ahead of the release of their new album on November 1 2024.

The Cure set to perform intimate gig - how to enter the ticket ballot

Sara Cox. Picture: Alamy/PA.

Broadcaster and author Sara Cox takes a stand up for radio

Sounds of 80s Live Tour with Gary Davies

Ad Feature PREVIEW: Sounds Of The 80's Tour with Gary Davies at Scarborough Spa

Jane McDonald will make her BBC Radio 2 presenting debut over the Christmas period.

Jane McDonald to make BBC Radio 2 debut playing Christmas classics

Take That (L-R) Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Take That Tour 2024: How to get tickets to see Take That

Take That Tour 2024: Who is the support act?

What Take That have said about embarking on new tour

What Take That have said about embarking on new tour

Take That's "Greatest Days" World Premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on June 15, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Take That announce 2024 stadium tour - full list of dates and venues

Rylan Clark

Rylan Clark announces break from hosting Radio 2 show

George Logan was renowned for his double act as Dr Evadne Hinge (right) with Patrick Fyffe as Dame Hilda Bracket (left) - Credit: Getty

Hinge and Bracket star George Logan dies aged 78
Entertainer George Logan, best known for work with Hinge and Bracket, has died at the age of 78
Beth Franklin

Vernon Kay presented his first mid-morning weekday BBC Radio 2 show on Monday May 15

Vernon Kay’s first song choice on Radio 2 has everyone agreeing

Graham Norton, Julia Sanina and Rylan can be heard on rail services across the Liverpool City Region. Image: LCR

Eurovision: Graham Norton’s best jokes and one liners

Tony Blackburn has shared with fans that he has been discharged from hospital. The BBC Radio 2 star spent three weeks there recovering from an illness, which forced him to temporarily pull out of his popular Saturday morning show The Sound of the ‘60s.

Tony Blackburn shares update on his health after hospital stay

McFly announce ‘Power to Play’ UK tour: how to buy tickets and presale details

McFly announce ‘Power to Play’ UK tour - how to buy tickets

Tony Blackburn has had to pull out of his popular BBC Radio 2 show Sound of the 60s after doctors told him to rest amid concerns for his health.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Tony Blackburn reschedules Sound of the 60s tour

Rylan, Scott Mills & Paddy O’Connell will be the BBC Radio 2 presenters for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final and Semi-Finals.

Rylan, Scott Mills & Paddy O’Connell to host Eurovision on BBC Radio 2

Tony Blackburn has had to pull out of his popular BBC Radio 2 show Sound of the 60s after doctors told him to rest amid concerns for his health.

Tony Blackburn pulls out of BBC Radio 2 show amid health concerns

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Paul O’Grady’s husband shares the last picture they took together

Paul O’Grady’s final radio show to be rebroadcast on Easter Sunday

The comedian has said that the station feels like his “new radio home.”

Why Paul O’Grady quit presenting on BBC Radio 2

Mae Muller is the successor to Sam Ryder as the UK entry for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool with ‘I Wrote A Song’, the first female representative in five years - Credit: Getty Images

Eurovision 2023: Mae Muller announced as UK entry on BBC Radio 2
Mae Muller, who is best known for being the support act for Little Mix during their 2019 tour, is the UK’s Eurovision 2023 successor to Sam Ryder.
Ethan Evans

'What do older people listen to now that Radio 2 has cast them out along with all the presenters who played the music they loved? No more Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, or David Bowie'. PIC: Shutterstock

Why BBC Radio 2 was wrong to let Ken Bruce go - GP Taylor

Vernon Kay will replace Ken Bruce on his mid-morning weekday slot on BBC Radio 2.

Vernon Kay confirmed as new host of mid-morning BBC Radio 2 show

Vernon Kay will present the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show while Zoe Ball is absent. (Getty Images)

Vernon Kay reportedly lined up to replace Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2

Ken Bruce will leave BBC Radio 2 after more than 30 years in the role

Ken Bruce announces BBC Radio 2 departure after 31 years

Chris Stark and Scott Mills (Getty Images)

Scott Mills to raise thousands for Children in Need

One of the largest iHus annexes

Why an annexe like Tony Blackburn's could add value and saleability to your home

Robbie Williams was one of the BBC Radio 2 Live in Leeds headliners

BBC Radio 2 Live in Leeds: Gigs featuring Robbie Williams and Elbow cancelled

The crowd for a previous incarnation of the festival in Hyde Park, London. (Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Change of festival rules could leave older fans with nowhere to sit all day

Journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan will take over from Jeremy Paxman as the host of TV show University Challenge.

BBC University Challenge host revealed as Amol Rajan

Helen Skelton

Helen Skelton: Yorkshire presenter confirmed as Strictly Come Dancing contestant

Linda Riley, Julian Clary, Paul O’Grady and Victoria Scone attend the Rainbow Honours at 8 Northumberland Avenue on June 01, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

For The Love of Dogs star Paul O’Grady confirms BBC Radio 2 exit

Radio presenter Zoe Ball.

Goodbye to 50s and 60s music on BBC Radio – Yorkshire Post Letters

Graham Norton has a new radio show - here’s how to listen

John Lennon with his wife Yoko Ono in 1971. (Getty Images).

Beatles icon John Lennon would have been 80 this month, we look at his legacy

TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine’s debut novel is out now. Photo: PA/Sophia Spring

Jeremy Vine on his debut novel, years of presenting and the BBC

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. Photo: Matt Crossick/PA

Claudia Winkleman: 'I'm happy to be an unpopular and deeply embarrassing mum'

Yorkshire-born author Matson Taylors debut novel The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is out now.

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth - Matson Taylor’s debut novel looks set to be a...

Bryan Adams

Gig review: Bryan Adams at FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield

Sarah Lancashire starred in Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax.

Sarah Lancashire says Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley are both returning ...

Jo Whiley with Simon Mayo presenting at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park, London in 2016. Pic: Matt Crossick/PA Photo

Catherine Scott: Why Radio 2 needs to learn a lesson or two

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Kylie Minogue says she would relish '˜emotional' Glastonbury 2019 headline set

Ed Miliband has a go at being a town crier. (Photo: BBC Radio 2).

VIDEO: Oyez! Doncaster MP Ed Miliband becomes a town crier

Nigel Upson, general manager at T. Soanes and Son at Middleton on the Wolds.

Feather in the cap for Wolds poultry firm

George Michael. PIC: PA

George Michael fans in tears over new track

The new line-up for The Great British Bake Off which screened on Channel 4 for the first time last night. (PA).

Proof will be in the ratings for Channel 4's new Bake Off

The Seagulls

Gig preview; The Seagulls album launch at the 360 Club, Leeds

Apollo Junction on stage at this years Isle of Wight Festival.

Music interview: Apollo Junction prepare for lift-off

Jo in the garden of her home

How to get the festival look in your home this summer... with the help of DJ Jo ...

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