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Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the late Annie Nightingale on social media.The legendary BBC broadcaster passed away on January 11 after “a short illness”. She was BBC Radio 1’s longest-serving DJ, and first female DJ on the station.Amidst tributes that have come pouring in for the DJ, McCartney has taken to social media to share his own.

passed away on January 11 after “a short illness”. She was BBC Radio 1’s longest-serving DJ, and first female DJ on the station.Now, her fellow Radio 1 colleague Nick Grimshaw has opened up to Annie Mac about his favourite story of Annie Nightingale.

Annie Nightingale once revealed that she was the first person to interview Paul McCartney after John Lennon‘s death.Nightingale’s death was announced yesterday (January 12) in a statement by her family. She was aged 83.The BBC Radio 1 stalwart championed many generations of musicians and was good friends with The Beatles.In a resurfaced interview on The Beatles podcast I Am The Eggpod from 2018, Nightingale shared that she was working on the music TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test when Lennon was shot and killed in 1980.She went on to say the show lined up a special programme that night to pay tribute to the singer and McCartney surprised her by phoning in during show.“It was frantic because we were trying to find people who would come in and talk about John and they just wouldn’t,” she said.

Annie Nightingale have been remembering a brilliant anecdote involving the broadcasting legend and The Clash’s Joe Strummer.Nightingale’s death was announced earlier today (January 12) in a statement by her family. She was aged 83.The BBC Radio 1 stalwart championed many generations of musicians, including The Clash during their late ‘70s heyday.

Radio 1 legend Annie Nightingale died yesterday at her home in London after a short illness. Described as "a pioneer, trailblazer and an inspiration to many", a statement was released by her family, informing her fans of the tragic news. A statement read: "Annie Nightingale MBE passed away yesterday at her home in London after a short illness.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Pioneering BBC DJ Annie Nightingale — the first (and for 12 years, only) female DJ on the network’s Radio 1 station, whose embrace of multiple genres of music cast a vast influence on the country’s music fans — died Friday after a brief illness, according to The Guardian. She was 83.

Edith Bowman has led tribute to 'trailblazer' Annie Nightingale after her sad death on Thursday.

Iconic Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale has died at the age of 83. In a statement, her family said she passed away at her London home on Thursday (January 11) following a 'short illness.'

Annie Nightingale, the first female presenter of a BBC Radio 1 show and co-host of The Old Grey Whistle Test, has died after a short illness. She was 83.

BBC TV and radio globally,” the message read.“Never underestimate the role model she became. Breaking down doors by refusing to bow down to sexual prejudice and male fear gave encouragement to generations of young women who, like Annie, only wanted to tell you about an amazing tune they had just heard.”Very sad news.

Hollyoaks fans have shared that they've been left in tears following tonight's episode, which saw the death of fan favourite character Juliet Nightingale, played by Niamh Blackshaw.The troubled teen was heartbreakingly diagnosed with stage three Hodgkins Lymphoma earlier this year. Wednesday night's episode saw the final moments of Juliet's life as she romantically shared what she had hoped would one day be her wedding vows. She began: "You were my friend first, my beautiful amazing friend, and then suddenly you were so much more.

Annie Nightingale, 82, has opened up about her late pal John Lennon’s love of comedy.She described the Beatles star as an “entertaining” joke teller as she reflected on their friendship. The presenter’s new BBC Radio 4 programme, Annie Nightingale's Age of Irreverence, explores the relationship between comedy and pop music. The show examines these feelings of irreverence in the Goons, the Beatles, Monty Python and other pop culture phenomena.  Annie revealed how she believed the satire boom leads back to 1950s series The Goon Show, from the minds of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine.“As a child I loved its anarchy and weirdness,” she remembered. “It wasn’t mother-in-law jokes and conventional British humour of the time. “They were very uncompromising: if you get it, you get it; if you don’t, you don’t. “What I didn’t realise as a little kid was that there was a whole generation of us listening who were going to be affected by it.

Hollyoaks a major explosion occurring in the village at the start of the year.Since the Nightingale family joined Hollyoaks, they have been involved in some huge storylines including murders, marriages and dramatic feuds.While their lives on screen appear very dramatic, off-screen it's a far cry from their usual dramas and heartbreak, but sadly for some, that has been their reality. Daily Star takes a look at what the actors who played the Nightingale family are up to when they're not starring in the soap.David Easter played Mac Nightingale in Hollyoaks until his shock murder by Breda McQueen after she fed him a poisoned lasagne.However before Hollyoaks, he had a rival soap role in Emmerdale as Gil Keane, and has since starred TV programme Cockney and Scouse, due to air this year.In his personal life, David was also married to former Coronation Street star Denise Welch from 1985-1988.Last year, the star was named a patron of charity Kenward Trust, which specialises in helping people deal with drug and alcohol addiction.Talking about his own experiences of addiction, David revealed that he had tried to take his own life after becoming addicted to alcohol, but that a phone call from a friend saved him.He told Kent Online: "I was a functioning alcoholic and a drug addict from the age of 30.

ITV Evening News since 2001 and became the programme’s sole presenter in 2017.

Hollyoaks star Gregory Finnegan has teased that James Nightingale could be leaving the village imminently.The 47-year-old actor has played the scheming lawyer in the Channel 4 soap since 2016.Over the years, James has been involved in plenty of dramatic storylines including a historical abuse storyline with his father Mac Nightingale (David Easter).However, fans are set to witness James spiral out of control as he continues to use gambling as a misguided escape from his feelings of grief following the death of his beloved mother Marnie Nightingale.Things go from bad to worse for the villager when he loses Marine's inheritance, causing a huge family rift.Speaking to Daily Star, Gregory explained :"He really does press the nuclear button and it's going to get worse for him and more dramatic."He's going to break everything around him and I think we're going to see him at the lowest we've ever seen him in the village, to the point where he may not even be in the village anymore."I love playing the character and we'll have to see if it continues."In upcoming scenes, James arrives at the casino with Luis, the sex worker who recently spent the night with John Paul McQueen (James Sutton).Luis seems concerned about James's behaviour, but there's seemingly no talking him round.As his luck has recently started to run out, this could all end in disaster if the outcome doesn't go his way.The soap star said: "These new characters James meets are on the seedier side and there's a bit of darkness going on there."He's carousing with prostitutes and all sorts so it's fun stuff to film but tragic to watch."James basically doesn't care anymore.

Former Emmerdale actress Anna Nightingale has opened up on welcoming her beautiful baby daughter to the world. The star, who played the ITV soap’s Andrea Tate, is still in a happy baby bubble as we chat to her and her fiancé Daren Dixon. But she’s eager to relive her birthing experience for OK! readers, revealing why she chose to have Beyoncé playing when Ava made her entrance.

Anna Nightingale, 30, has welcomed a daughter.The soap star shared the news that she had given birth on Wednesday, December 1 in a recent interview.The Emmerdale actress, who is famed for playing Andrea Tate in the ITV soap, also revealed the special name the couple had chosen for their baby girl. Anna and her fiancé Daren gave their second-born child an appropriately festive name, given her December birthday. The pair named her Ava Noëlle and admitted that they were glad she had arrived ahead of Christmas Day. The family, which also includes the couple’s four-year-old daughter Autumn, seem to be enjoying life as a new unit of four during the festive season. Anna and Daren told OK! Magazine: “Just in time for Christmas our little pudding

Emmerdale actress Anna Nightingale has given birth to her second baby with fiancé Daren Dixon, OK! can exclusively reveal. The 30 year old, who played feisty Andrea Tate on the ITV soap, welcomed her baby girl, Ava Noëlle, on Wednesday 1 December, weighing 7lb 2oz.

A care home hailed as ‘Stockport’s NHS Nightingale’ during the early months of the pandemic has been ordered to improve by the health watchdog.

  In her latest interview with The Sun, Anna admits that she was overworking herself baby travelling between Leeds and London to film her scenes for the show while only getting to see her family no more than twice a week. While she firmly believed that she would be able to cope with her hectic filming schedule, after six months into production, the soon-to-be mother of two noticed her mental health deteriorating as she began to experience panic attacks on set because she was “completely overwhelmed”.Anna recalled one particular moment where she was filming a scene inside Woolpack Pub 20 people and abruptly forgot her lines, which she described as one of her worst attacks at the time. “I couldn’t breathe, I didn’t know what I was doing and I

Emmerdale’s Anna Nightingale suffered from severe panic attacks while filming the show she has revealed. Playing Andrea Tate on the soap – who was killed off in a mighty blaze recently - the 30-year-old explained that she experienced anxiety acting the role, brought on by long work hours while being separated from daughter Autumn, four.