To complement Radio 1Xtra and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, Thompson wants to rebrand Radio 7 as Radio 4 Extra. Senior BBC sources also suggest that 6 Music could become Radio 2 Extra to placate ...

It called the Radio 2 spin-off a “copycat” station, devised by BBC bosses after realising that Boom, which has an audience of around 750,000, was stealing a tranche of its core listeners.

BBC Radio 2 has announced that Ellie Taylor, the comedian and actor, will be joining the station as a guest presenter. She'll be filling in for Sara Cox during the teatime slot next Monday and ...