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Mel C addresses Spice Girls Glastonbury rumours on Heart Breakfast

Mel C was a guest on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden this morning when she was asked about the Spice Girls headlining Glastonbury 2023. Recent reports in the press have suggested that all of the girls, including Victoria Beckham, are keen to perform a set at Worthy Farm next year and that talks were ongoing. Amanda asked Mel head on if the rumours are true?...

Amanda Holden swaps heels for hiking boots in latest challenge

Amanda Holden is wondering what she’s signed up for in a new challenge to raise money for charity. The Heart Breakfast presenter is to attempt the ‘3 Peaks Challenge’ next month in aid of Global’s Make Some Noise, which raises money and awareness for small charities supporting disadvantaged people across the UK...

Heart is giving away 30 trips to Disneyland Paris for listeners

Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden have been giving listeners the chance to win one of 30 breaks to Disneyland Paris. The co-promotion is to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Disneyland Paris. A large Disney Magical Door prop is making its way to Manchester and Birmingham as part of the competition...

Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts to speak at Tuning In North 2022

Singer, songwriter and entrepreneur Nicola Roberts will be joining the line-up at Radiocentre’s Tuning In North event on March 29th at 9am. As well as discussing the role radio has played in her music career, Nicola will share her views on the influence the north of England has on British culture and her experiences as a business owner...

Schedule changes at Heart for 2022 as Yasmin Evans joins

Heart changes from January include Yasmin Evans joining for weekends and Dev Griffin taking over weekday evenings. Dev replaces Mark Wright who moves back to Saturday afternoons from 4pm. Yasmin Evans joins Global from 1Xtra to present Sunday 12pm till 4pm after leaving the BBC recently. Lindsey Russell, best-known for her 8-year stint hosting Blue Peter, also joins the Heart family, to present Saturdays and Sundays from 1am – 6am...

In photos: Global’s Make Some Noise raises over £2.7 million

Global’s Make Some Noise has raised over £2.7 million for small charities that help disadvantaged people across the UK after a day of on-air activities. All of its radio brands came together – Heart, Capital, Classic FM, Smooth, LBC, Radio X, Capital Dance, Capital XTRA and Gold – to raise funds and awareness for small charities in local communities across the UK, including food banks, mental health and domestic abuse helplines...

Radio services off-air after fire at a North Yorkshire transmitter site

Local and regional radio stations including Capital, Heart, TFM and BBC Radio Tees have lost their analogue FM services around North Yorkshire following a fire at the Bilsdale mast. National stations Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4 and Classic FM along with local DAB services on the MuxCo multiplexes are also suffering from reduced coverage in the area. Freeview services carried by the site are also off-air...

Burger van owner wins a million pounds on Heart

A burger van owner and mum of five has been crowned Britain’s newest millionaire live on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden this morning. Shelley Humphries scooped the £1,000,000 prize after entering Heart’s Make Me A Millionaire competition which has seen hundreds of winners take home prizes ranging from £1,000 to £20,000 over the past 13 weeks. Shelley originally turning down £10,000 for the chance to be in the draw...

Winners announced for the Global Awards 2021

The winners of The Global Awards 2021 have been revealed with Dua Lipa picking up three awards. Now in its fourth year, The Global Awards brings together Capital, Heart, Smooth, Classic FM, LBC, Radio X, Capital XTRA and Gold, to honour the stars of music, news and entertainment. However, this year the LBC Award, previously won by Steve Allen, has been removed as a category, along the Best Podcast. The awards ceremony was unable to take place this year...

April Fool’s Day on Heart, BBC Radio 2, and more

April Fool’s Day pranks have been played on listeners and presenters across the UK once again this year. Including on Heart where Amanda Holden was pranked by her co-workers when she was led to believe she was responsible for a marriage proposal gone wrong live on the air. Watch the short video below to see the whole thing unfold. Also at Heart, Olly Murs pranked evening show presenter Mark Wright by having Mark’s car wrapped in an image of Olly, naked. See how that went down here...