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Scottish Sun
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright's will revealed – with touching gift to charity & rest left to his kids after tragic death
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright has left behind over £40,000 to charity and his kids in his will. The veteran DJ, who presented Steve Wright in the Afternoon and fronted Top of the Pops, passed away aged 69 in February last year. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 9 Steve Wright passed away aged 69 Credit: BBC 9 His will has now been revealed following his death Credit: Alamy 9 Steve and Cindi Robinson got married in 1972 but later divorced 9 Wright with his son Tom in July 1988 Credit: Getty Now, his will has been revealed with his children Tom and Lucy Wright the executors of his estate. Steve left behind a total of £40,623 after tax. The radio legend donated £15,000 to Cancer Research UK and generously donated £10,000 to the British Heart Foundation - with both contributions free from inheritance tax. The rest of the money was left to Steve's two children to be split between them. During a stellar career, Steve also presented the popular Sunday Love Songs mid-morning show on Radio 2. His last show was a pre-recorded Valentine's Day edition of Sunday Love Songs. He had been due to front a new BBC spin-off show as the broadcaster planned to launch four fresh stations before his tragic death. His family said in a moving statement at the time: "It is with deep sorrow and profound regret that we announce the passing of our beloved Steve Wright. "In addition to his son, Tom, and daughter, Lucy, Steve leaves behind his brother, Laurence and his father Richard. 9 The veteran presenter was best known for his time on BBC Radio 2 Credit: Alamy 9 Steve and his then wife Cindi in 1985 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd 9 The DJ had been a permanent fixture at the BBC for 40 years Credit: Getty "Also, much-loved close friends and colleagues, and millions of devoted radio listeners who had the good fortune and great pleasure of allowing Steve into their daily lives as one of the UK's most enduring and popular radio personalities. "As we all grieve, the family requests privacy at this immensely difficult time." Steve joined the BBC in the 1970s and spent four decades hosting his beloved afternoon shows. He also fronted TV programmes for the broadcaster, including Top of the Pops. In 1976, he briefly left the broadcaster for Thames Valley Radio but returned four years later to present weekend programmes. The move paid off and his defining show Steve Wright in the Afternoon was launched in 1981. From bullied schoolboy to BBC legend By Jane Matthews STEVE Wright went from being a bullied schoolboy cruelly dubbed 'Big Nose' to a BBC radio legend. Wright was born in Greenwich, London and attended Eastwood High School in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It was there that he was cruelly nicknamed Big Nose and Concorde. His first job after leaving school was in marine insurance but after three years he realised it wasn't for him. It was then that Wright left to become a local newspaper reporter. This led him to BBC, as a record librarian, which then went on to his own shows - and the rest was history. But in 2022 he announced he was stepping back from his Afternoon show after more than two decades. He said at the time: "Before we start the show proper, if I may, I'd just like to say thank you ever so much for all the messages that have come in, over the weekend after I announced on Friday on the afternoon that we are leaving the afternoon show." The axing saw him take another step towards his Sunday Love Songs show - which he last appeared on just days ago. Although a scheduling shake-up meant Scott Mills took over his afternoon slot, Steve stayed on to present Sunday Love Songs. Speaking about the shock axing, the DJ said at the time: "Sometimes people don't want you". He continued: "I've been offered loads of stuff at the BBC and I'm staying at Radio 2. What it actually means for me is rather than working six days a week, I'll be working maybe two and a half days a week." In his personal life, Steve was married to US-born Cindi Robinson until they divorced in 1999. He later revealed he had struggled to find love since due to his demanding radio schedule. Most recently, Steve was made an MBE in the New Year Honours for services to radio. 9 Steve also presented Top of the Pops Credit: BBC
The Irish Sun
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright's will revealed – with touching gift to charity & rest left to his kids after tragic death
BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright has left behind over £40,000 to charity and his kids in his will. The , who presented in the Afternoon and fronted Top of the Pops , passed away aged 69 in February last year. 9 Steve Wright passed away aged 69 Credit: BBC 9 His will has now been revealed following his death Credit: Alamy 9 Steve and Cindi Robinson got married in 1972 but later divorced 9 Wright with his son Tom in July 1988 Credit: Getty Now, his will has been revealed with his children Tom and Lucy Wright the executors of his estate. Steve left behind a total of £40,623 after tax. The radio legend donated £15,000 to Cancer Research UK and generously donated £10,000 to the British Heart Foundation - with both contributions free from inheritance tax. The rest of the money was left to Steve's two children to be split between them. During a stellar career, Steve also presented the popular mid-morning show on Radio 2. His last show was a pre-recorded Valentine's Day edition of Sunday Love Songs. He had been due to His family said in a Most read in Showbiz "In addition to his son, Tom, and daughter, Lucy, Steve leaves behind his brother, Laurence and his father Richard. 9 The veteran presenter was best known for his time on BBC Radio 2 Credit: Alamy 9 Steve and his then wife Cindi in 1985 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd 9 The DJ had been a permanent fixture at the BBC for 40 years Credit: Getty "Also, much-loved close friends and colleagues, and millions of devoted radio listeners who had the good fortune and great pleasure of allowing Steve into their daily lives as one of the UK's most enduring and popular radio personalities. "As we all grieve, the family requests privacy at this immensely difficult time." Steve joined the BBC in the 1970s and spent four decades hosting his beloved afternoon shows. He also fronted TV programmes for the broadcaster, including Top of the Pops. In 1976, he briefly left the broadcaster for Thames Valley Radio but returned four years later to present weekend programmes. The move paid off and his defining show Steve Wright in the Afternoon was launched in 1981. From bullied schoolboy to BBC legend By Jane Matthews STEVE Wright went from being a bullied schoolboy cruelly dubbed Wright was born in Greenwich, London and attended Eastwood High School in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It was there that he was cruelly nicknamed Big Nose and Concorde. His first job after leaving school was in marine insurance but after three years he realised it wasn't for him. It was then that Wright left to become a local newspaper reporter. This led him to BBC, as a record librarian, which then went on to his own shows - and the rest was history. But in 2022 he announced he was stepping back from his Afternoon show after more than two decades. He said at the time: "Before we start the show proper, if I may, I'd just like to say thank you ever so much for all the messages that have come in, over the weekend after I announced on Friday on the afternoon that we are leaving the afternoon show." The axing saw him take another step towards his Sunday Love Songs show - which Although a scheduling shake-up meant Scott Mills took over his afternoon slot, Steve stayed on to present Sunday Love Songs. Speaking about the shock axing, the DJ said at the time: "Sometimes people don't want you". He continued: "I've been offered loads of stuff at the BBC and I'm staying at Radio 2. What it actually means for me is rather than working six days a week, I'll be working maybe two and a half days a week." In his personal life, Steve was married to US-born Read more on the Irish Sun He later revealed he had struggled to find love since due to his demanding radio schedule. Most recently, Steve was made an MBE in the New Year Honours for services to radio. 9 Steve also presented Top of the Pops Credit: BBC 9 He was a much loved figure in the radio industry Credit: Rex
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Bryson Stott Reveals Phillies Felt 'Embarrassed' After Mets Series Sweep
The Philadelphia Phillies are 25 and 18, in second place in the National League East. After a strong start to the year, the Phillies had a road trip to face the New York Mets and then the Chicago Cubs. It was a pivotal road trip with the Mets and Cubs atop their respective divisions. However, the Phillies got crushed by the Mets, getting swept out of New York, including a series-sweep clinching walk-off from the Mets. Advertisement In a recent interview with Bryson Stott on Sports Radio 94 WIP's Afternoon show, the Phillies' second baseman was asked about the team bouncing back from the Mets series. Stott said, "They ended out season last year. I don't want to say [it was an] embarrassing series up there, getting swept. But I think some of us kind of felt embarrassed by that [Mets series]." Stott sharing how some of the team felt embarrassed after the Mets series is noteworthy. With the Mets set to be the Phillies' direct competition for the National League East crown, they need to get past the Mets if they want to win the World Series. Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Bryson Stott (5) throws past New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) in the third inning at Citi Cruz-Imagn Images Coming off such a disastrous series, Stott and the Phillies caught their breath and have played significantly better since. After bookending the Mets series with losses to the Miami Marlins and Chicago Cubs, the Phillies have since gone 12-5. Advertisement Following the Mets series, the Phillies came alive. Stott pointed out how the series was a wake-up call for the Phillies. Stott said, "I think it just kind of was a wake-up call, no matter how early it was." The Phillies won't face the Mets until Friday, June 20th, in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the next time the Phillies head to New York to face the Mets isn't until August 25th for a key divisional matchup late in the season. Fortunately, the Phillies have rebounded since being swept. However, Phillies players still feel the lingering embarrassment from their NLDS loss and earlier series against the Mets this year. With a star-studded lineup including Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, and Francisco Lindor, the Phillies haven't seen the last of the team that 'embarrassed' them early in the season. Related: Phillies' Nick Castellanos Announces Major Personal News Related: Phillies Predicted To Make Decision on Brandon Marsh for Top Prospect
The Guardian
04-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Liberal vote decimated in major cities – with Coalition now dominated by regional MPs and Nationals
The Liberal party has been decimated in major cities – with just a handful of seats left in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney – and must overhaul its appeal in urban areas despite a Coalition party room now dominated by regional Liberals and the Nationals. The Liberals have also been wiped off the map in Adelaide and Tasmania and lost another seat in Perth. Across major cities, the party has failed to win back any seats from the teal independent MPs, who strongly appeal to moderate Liberal voters. In Melbourne, where the Coalition was widely tipped to win outer suburban seats, it has gone backwards. It is set to lose the seats of Menzies and Deakin with the Liberal party also suffering swings against it in La Trobe and Casey. Keith Wolahan, who won Menzies in 2022 after winning pre-selection against the former Liberal minister Kevin Andrews, said it was clear the party had a major problem with voters in urban areas, where the majority of people live. Wolahan, who was a member of the now further diminished moderate wing of the Liberal party, urged a rethink about the party's identity and how it appeals to young professionals and women. 'We need to turn our mind to that like we have never done before,' Wolahan said. 'We need to really dig deep and think about who we are and who we fight for and who makes up Australia.' Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter When asked how the party would do that, when regional Liberals and the Nationals will have a much greater share of the Coalition party room, Wolahan said the party must not ignore the feedback from urban voters. So far, speculation about who should lead the Liberals names regional-based MPs – Dan Tehan in western Victoria, Sussan Ley in Albury-Wodonga, and Angus Taylor in Hume, which takes in the regional areas around Goulburn in New South Wales. In south-east Queensland, the Liberals have bled seats to Labor. Dickson, Bonner and Petrie have turned red and Longman and Forde are also tipped to fall. Labor has gone from one female MP in Queensland – Annika Wells – to seven. As the Liberal vote is decimated in big cities, the Nationals will have a much larger share of the Coalition party room. The so-called junior Coalition party may hold more seats than the Liberals in NSW and Victoria. In Sydney, the Liberals lost Banks, held by the shadow foreign affairs minister, David Coleman, to Labor. It has also lost the seat of Hughes, held by another moderate Liberal Jenny Ware, to Labor. It may also lose Bradfield – previously a Liberal stronghold – to a teal independent, Nicolette Boele. The Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, a moderate who has been re-elected, urged his party not to shift to the right in response to a decimation in the cities and to overhaul its strategy. 'We must offer an ambitious agenda and a centrist, inclusive social vision,' Bragg said. 'Reclaiming enterprise and the centre is not a departure from our values – it is a return to them. The country is drifting and we remain Australia's best chance for course correction and renewal.' In Western Australia, the Liberals have won the seat of Moore in Perth. The seat was formerly held by Ian Goodenough, who ran as an independent against the Liberals after losing his preselection battle. In Adelaide, the Liberals have lost the seat of Sturt for the first time in more than five decades. It now has no MPs in the South Australian capital. At a Liberal party event on Saturday night, the former leader of the Liberal's moderate wing, Simon Birmingham, warned that if this trend continued 'there won't be much of a party'. 'It's critical that people see this as a chance to turn the corner and to look at how they better identify the Liberal ideology in a way that is relevant to modern audiences,' Brimingham said, as reported by the ABC.
The Guardian
03-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley frontrunners to lead Coalition after federal election ‘bloodbath'
Coalition MPs say Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley are frontrunners to succeed Peter Dutton as opposition leader, describing Saturday's historic election rout as a 'bloodbath' for the Liberal party. Dutton was defeated in his Queensland seat of Dickson by Labor's Ali France, becoming the first opposition leader to lose their seat at an election since Federation. The Coalition is also on track to lose key frontbench MPs including Michael Sukkar and David Coleman, as well as outspoken Tasmanian backbencher Bridget Archer. Congratulating the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, on his 'historic' win, Dutton took responsibility for the loss and praised Taylor and Ley, the party's deputy leader. Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter 'It is not our night … and there are good members and candidates who have lost their seats, or their ambition and I am sorry for that,' Dutton said. 'We have an amazing party and we will rebuild.' But Liberals warned traditional post-election blood-letting needed to include careful consideration of the party's future direction, including on key policies and its approach to prospective new voters. Others pointed to candidate quality as a challenge at successive elections. One senior Liberal blamed the loss on poorly developed policies under Dutton and Taylor, saying voters had not been offered a proper choice on economic management. 'No economic narrative, no votes,' he told Guardian Australia. Another Liberal speaking on the condition of anonymity said the most important struggle would be a fight for the party's 'soul' and said whoever emerged as the new leader should expect 'highly contingent support'. One conservative MP warned Australian voters did not want hard right policies and rhetoric, blaming rightward moves since Scott Morrison's 2022 loss for Saturday's result. Taylor, the shadow treasurer and member of party's conservative faction, has been considered a future Liberal leader but drew criticism from colleagues before the campaign started over scant policy offerings. Taylor also struggled to defend plans to cut the federal public service by more than 40,000 people and to dramatically reduce Australia's overseas immigration intake. Dan Tehan, the shadow immigration minister, won a hard-fought race in his Victorian seat of Wannon, defeating high-profile independent Alex Dyson. He praised Dutton's leadership and thanked him for his service as a minister and opposition leader but was coy on whether he would contest the leadership. Tehan called for a thorough review of the policies and campaign tactics which contributed to the Coalition's loss. 'With what has happened, you need time to consider, time to think and get an understanding of what has occurred,' he told ABC TV. 'You can't come out on the night of an election and say this is what you should have done, this is what you shouldn't have done. That is for the cold, hard light of day, then you have to analyse things and do it properly.' Frontbencher Michaelia Cash nominated the shadow defence spokesman, Andrew Hastie, as her preferred candidate for leader. Sign up to Afternoon Update: Election 2025 Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key election campaign stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion 'Andrew's always been seen as leadership material … When you look at his background, former SAS, he is someone who comes with a great pedigree. He is someone that works, he does not take one vote for granted in that seat.' Queensland senator James McGrath told ABC TV the Coalition must not adopt policies reminiscent of the US president, Donald Trump. 'It would be dangerous for my party, and I speak as a Ronald Reagan Republican and a George Bush Republican, speaking to Donald Trump's positions. We are a free-trade party and pro-Ukraine and we should continue to be centre-right. 'We must resist that path focus on where middle Australia is.' The shadow finance minister, Jane Hume, said Dutton's loss was 'very sad' for the Liberal party. She has been mentioned as a possible deputy leader by moderate MPs. Hume said she would start by rereading the review she co-authored into the 2022 election loss. She previously accused commentators of 'already reading the entrails before the chicken is gutted'. 'Peter is a very popular colleague among his colleagues … He is a very good man.' Party sources played down reports Hume had begun consulting colleagues about who should succeed Dutton as party leader even before the defeat, insisting she was discussing the views of voters around the country ahead of election night coverage. The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, appeared ready for a fight with Taylor, saying he should not escape blame for the Coalition's loss. 'I think Angus Taylor has been one of the biggest reasons why we have outperformed expectations, and I say that as his direct opponent,' he said on ABC TV.
