Scott Mills’ Radio 2 colleague Tina Daheley has admitted it has been an ‘incredibly difficult week’ as she broke her silence following Scott’s sacking from the BBC.
The Radio 2 DJ, 53, was axed on Monday after claims he had been questioned in 2018 by Scotland Yard over alleged serious sexual offences against a boy under the age of 16.
The investigation was dropped without charge in 2019 after the Crown Prosecution Service said there was not sufficient evidence.
However since Scott’s sacking his co-host Tina had also been off air, leading to many questions asked by colleagues as to her whereabouts.
And on Wednesday morning Tina confirmed she has been off due to sickness, but hinted at the turmoil as she described the past week as ‘incredibly difficult’.
Assuring followers she is now on the mend she penned: ‘Good morning! Just about recovered from this awful cold/flu I’ve had for the past week (being parent to a primary school aged child is like having a subscription service to viruses!)
Scott Mills’ BBC Radio 2 co-host Tina Daheley has broken her social media silence as she addressed her ‘incredibly difficult week’ after her colleague was sacked
The Radio 2 DJ, 53, was axed on Monday after claims he had been questioned in 2018 by Scotland Yard over alleged serious sexual offences against a boy under the age of 16 (pictured with Tina and Ellie Brennan)
‘Good news is I’m over the worst of it and looking forward to spending 2 weeks with my family over the Easter hols from tomorrow after what’s been an incredibly difficult past week.’
Confirming she will return to the show in a fortnight she added: ‘I’ll be back on the radio Tuesday 21st April x.’
Tina and Scott have worked together on the station since Scott accepted the Breakfast Show role in January 2025 – and Tina hasn’t been on air since her ‘work husband’ was sacked.
‘Questions are being asked as to where Tina is,’ an insider told the Daily Mail on Tuesday.
Tina, 44, began working at the BBC in 2007. In 2019, she moved from a Radio 1 slot with Nick Grimshaw and joined Radio 2, working alongside Zoe Ball, until Scott took over.
In January this year Tina posted on Instagram about how much she loved her ‘Radio 2 family’ sharing a photo of her with Scott and the rest of the team.
Scott was sacked after 27 years with the BBC – and it has since been revealed he was investigated then cleared over allegations of ‘serious sexual offences’ against a boy under the age of 16 between 1997 and 2000.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed they questioned Mills over the accusations when reported to them in 2016, but the Crown Prosecution Service found there was not enough evidence and closed the case in 2019.
The BBC has declined to say why he was dismissed other than that it was related to his ‘personal conduct’.
But the corporation is facing fresh questions as to why he was kept on air despite reportedly knowing he had been interviewed under caution between 2018 and 2019.
Now new information is said to have been passed to the BBC relating to the same alleged victim but different to previous claims, The Mirror reported.
BBC chiefs are said to have looked into the fresh details over recent days ‘and decided he had to go’, it was said.
Meanwhile, it was suggested Mills told the BBC in 2018 he had been questioned by police – with The Sun quoting a source as saying: ‘The BBC knew Scott had been questioned by police, he told them. Scott said he denied the allegations that had been made against him.’
TV presenter Piers Morgan posted on X: ‘I don’t understand. He was investigated by police 10yrs ago over alleged offences 25+ years ago, but no action was taken and case was closed.
‘Now he gets instantly fired over same thing? The BBC needs to explain why, surely?’
The Daily Mail revealed this week how the complaint sparking Mills’ axeing was thought to have come from someone inspired to speak out again this year following the recent Channel 5 docudrama about disgraced ex-BBC newsreader Huw Edwards.
One BBC executive in London told the Daily Mail there was a real belief among bosses at the corporation that the timing was ‘not a coincidence’.
Channel 5 documentary Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards was broadcast released last week and detailed the downfall of the former BBC news anchor.
A source said: ‘The Huw Edwards drama showed that there could be a reckoning.’
Former BBC News main presenter Edwards received a six-month suspended sentence after admitting three charges of making indecent images of children.
Edwards, who criticised the programme in an angry statement to the Daily Mail last month, was portrayed in the Channel 5 drama by Martin Clunes.
He has ‘liked’ a LinkedIn post sympathising with the ‘stressful’ situation Mills faces.
Mills is reportedly not taking calls from his worried friends following his dismissal.
On Wednesday morning Tina confirmed she has been off due to sickness, but hinted at the turmoil as she described the past week as ‘incredibly difficult’
A source was quoted by The Mirror as saying he had ‘gone to ground’ since the decision was made and friends were ‘struggling to contact him’, adding: ‘The show was his life and he is facing oblivion.’
It has also been suggested his close friends and acquaintances were ‘left totally blindsided by events of the last few days’ and that they knew nothing about his sacking until Monday nor the police investigation back in 2016.
Jeremy Vine has called the sacking of his BBC Radio 2 colleague Mills ‘unfair’ as he insisted on his own Tuesday show: ‘There’s been no crime.’
Vine, who hosts a daily Radio 2 show dissecting the day’s headlines, shared his upset over Mills’ exit – while suggesting bosses had got rid of him due to regrets over failing to handle the behaviour of Huw Edwards.
The presenter said: ‘Huw Edwards couldn’t be sacked because he was in a fragile mental state, and everything I have read about Scott’s history today goes back to his own anxiety and depression but there doesn’t seem to be the same break cut for him’.
Vine was among the BBC correspondents expressing their shock following Monday’s announcement by the BBC of Mills’ dismissal.
He began his Tuesday show by saying to listeners: ‘Scott Mills’ sacking has left a lot of people very confused. What do you make of it? I’d love to know.
‘We heard the news just before 12 yesterday here at Radio 2 – it came as a complete shock to those of us who work at the station, the presenter of our breakfast show Scott Mills had been sacked over allegations, we’re told, related to his personal conduct.’
Later in the programme, Vine added: ‘It’s a very painful episode for anyone who knows Scott – he’s a very popular guy in the building.’
Vine also spoke to the BBC’s media and culture editor Katie Razzell, who said she had put ‘a series of questions’ to bosses about Mills’ sacking – in particular whether they were aware of any previous police investigation into him.
Police have said a man, in his 40s at the time of the 2016 interview, was investigated that year over allegations of serious sexual offences between 1997 and 2000.
He was questioned by police under caution in July 2018.
Mills was not charged with a criminal offence and the case was closed due to lack of evidence.
The Metropolitan Police does not identify people who are subject to an investigation before any charges are brought.
A spokesperson said: ‘In December 2016, the Met began an investigation following a referral from another police force.
‘The investigation related to allegations of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy. These were reported to have taken place between 1997 and 2000.
‘As part of these inquiries, a man who was in his 40s at the time of the interview was questioned by police under caution in July 2018.
‘A full file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, who determined the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. Following this advice, the investigation was closed in May 2019.’
Scotland Yard confirmed the boy was under 16.
In an email sent to staff on Monday, BBC director of music Lorna Clarke wrote: ‘I wanted to personally let you know that Scott Mills has left the breakfast show, and the BBC.
‘I know that this news will be sudden and unexpected, and therefore must come as a shock. Not least as so many of us have worked with Scott over a great many years, across a broad range of our programmes on R1, 5Live, R2 and TV.
‘I felt it was important to share this news with you at the earliest opportunity.
“Of course, it will also come as a shock to our audience and loyal breakfast show listeners too. I will update everyone with more information on plans for the show when I’m able to.
‘While I appreciate many of you will have questions, I hope you can understand that I am not going to be saying anything further now.”
The BBC said it would not comment beyond an earlier statement saying: ‘While we do not comment on matters relating to individuals, we can confirm Scott Mills is no longer contracted to work with the BBC.’
The corporation has also issued an apology for not following up after a separate allegation of ‘inappropriate communications’ by Mills was raised by a journalist last year.
The BBC said: ‘We received a press query in 2025 which included limited information. This should have been followed up and we should have asked further questions. We apologise for this and will look into why this did not happen.
‘More broadly, we would always urge anyone who has concerns or information to raise it with us.’
He joined BBC Radio 1 in 1998 from Heart 106.2, where he started in 1995 after working in local radio in Hampshire, Bristol and Manchester.
He rose through the ranks from the early breakfast show in 1998 to the afternoon slot vacated by Sara Cox in 2004.
Renamed The Scott Mills Show, it ran from 2004 until 2022, when Mills jumped ship to Radio 2, where he replaced Steve Wright on his afternoon slot.
He landed the coveted Radio 2 Breakfast Show role in January last year when he took over from Zoe Ball.
