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Review of 2012: Radio

A bit of a giggle was just what we needed

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen in the series as Fonsmark

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen: Borgen's back! Meet one of its stars

Jane Merrick interviews a key actress as the Danish political drama returns

Sydney-based 2DayFM radio presenters Michael Christian and Mel Greig

Australian DJs unlikely to be charged over Duchess of Cambridge prank phone call that led to nurse Jacintha Saldanha's death

Australian police have said that two Australian DJs were unlikely to be charged over a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated, after which a nurse from Bristol died.

Victoria Derbyshire

Review of 2012: Radio

The “hard-working family” from the Conservative's new online ad campaign

Meet the hardest-working family in British politics

Stock photo shot turns up in Tory ad campaign – and on Danone yoghurt vouchers, a Christian home-schooling CD, and posters for cod-liver oil and a rather retro-looking poster for a Spanish dentist

Barclay brothers drawn into tax controversy over Ritz

A delayed Panorama investigation into the billionaire Barclay brothers will claim that London's Ritz hotel - one of the jewels in the crown of the twins' property portfolio – has not paid any corporation tax since it was acquired by them 17 years ago.

Album: Alice Cooper, Old School (Universal)

Covering the era (1964-1974) when Alice Cooper was the band, not the character, Old School traces their development from tinny garage blues outfit, via mildly malevolent psychedelia, towards operatic glam-noir.

Maria Miller is to have her expenses investigated by the Parliamentary sleaze watchdog

Maria Miller expenses inquiry launched by watchdog

Probe follows complaint that Culture Secretary had claimed more than £90,000 in second home allowances towards the cost of a house where her parents lived

Nurse Jacintha Saldanha

Jacintha Saldanha: nurse found hanged after royal hoax call left three notes, inquest hears

She was found hanged in her nurses' quarters by a colleague and a security guard

Media storm surrounding royal prank-call DJs continues to dominate Australian newspapers

The media storm surrounding two Sydney radio presenters behind the hoax phone call to King Edward VII's Hospital continues to dominate Australian newspapers.

Day FM radio presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian

Australian radio hosts who made prank call to royal hospital taken off air over nurse's death

The Australian radio presenters responsible for the hoax call to King Edward VII’s Hospital have been removed from the air until further notice.

All the wrong moves: Radio 1 DJ Vernon Kay

The Week In Radio: Vernon Kay is Strictly out of step with this dancing debacle

"It’s saturday morning and it’s just gone 10 o’clock,” bellowed Vernon Kay. “and we are here! We are here! We are live!” Where, Vernon? I bellowed back from my kitchen.

Police are investigating allegations against Stuart Hall

BBC sports reporter Stuart Hall charged with three counts of indecent assault against young girls

The veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall, 82, was tonight charged with three counts of indecent assault on girls aged between nine and 16 years old.

Radio newcomer Alice Levine to take the reins of John Peel late night Radio 1 slot

A celebrity entertainment presenter with no radio experience has been chosen to co-present a new show in Radio 1’s late night "specialist music" slot made famous by John Peel.

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