Unbelievably the BBC Newsroom in London didn’t know that Steve had died until I got a note flash on my PC screen in the studio during my 1700 news on Radio 2, the day after Steve left us.
You can hear from my voice how shocked I was. I wanted to say what a brilliantly kind, generous and supportive man he was. But of course with BBC impartiality I had to stay neutral. Although my tone and Sara Cox’s response after the bulletin showed how devastated we were – and still are…
