Scott Mills Leaves BBC Over Police Probe

0:00On March 31, BBC Radio 2 has cut ties with longtime DJ Scott Mills over personal conduct issues tied to a police probe from 2016. Reports say it stems from allegations of serious sexual offenses against a teenage boy, said to have happened between 1997 and 2000. The men police looked into it after a referral from another force. That investigation kicked off in December 2016, and Mills, then in his 40s, got questioned under caution in July 2018. They sent a full evidence file to the Crown Prosecution Service, but prosecutors said the bar for charges wasn't met, so the case closed in May 20, 19. Mills had a solid run at the BBC, starting on Radio 1 in 1998, hosting the official charge show till 2022, then sliding. Into Radio 2 afternoons in 2022, after Steve Wright. He took over the breakfast show from Zoe Ball in January 2025. Last week he signed off his Tuesday show, acting a bit off, promising to try again, Wednesday,

1:05but he didn't show. Gary Davies filled in, and Monday brought the official word, Mills is no longer with the BBC. Staff got a heads up from music director Lona Clark calling it sudden and shocking, while Jeremy Vine said on air he was taken aback with no extra. Mills also did TV stints like strictly come dancing and winning celebrity race across the world last year with his husband. This has been Music News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.