Year: 2025

Heart Scotland is refreshing its Breakfast Show with a new trio of presenters from next Monday 11 August.
Des Clarke will be joined by Adele Cunningham and Grado to front Heart Scotland Breakfast with Des Clarke, Adele & Grado, airing live from 6:30am to 10:00am each weekday.
The show will broadcast from Global’s studios on West Regent Street in Glasgow.
Adele returns to Heart following previous stints with the brand and across Scottish radio, including Real Radio and Clyde 1. Grado, best known for his work in wrestling and comedy, will take on a full-time breakfast role for the first time.
Des has been presenting Heart Scotland Breakfast since last year and says the new team promises “fun on air” and “a lot of mischief in the studio”.
Adele said she was “delighted to be joining the madness”, while Grado added: “Get ready Scotland! We’re going to bring you the biggest and best tunes, celebrity interviews and laughs!”
Andy Everett, Managing Editor for Scotland & Wales at Global, said: “The three of them together are pure dynamite. Just what our listeners need to start the day right.”
The new show launches on Monday 11 August at 6:30am on Heart Scotland.

Des Clarke took over the Heart Scotland Breakfast Show in 2023, following a long broadcasting career including Capital Scotland and BBC Radio Scotland.
Adele Cunningham previously worked at Real Radio, Clyde 1, and Heart, and was part of the original launch team of Heart Scotland.
Grado is a Scottish professional wrestler, actor and radio host known for his appearances in BBC Scotland’s *Scot Squad* and *Two Doors Down*.
The show replaces the current Breakfast format with Des Clarke and pJennifer Reoch.

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BBC Local Radio is handing the airwaves to farmers across England this Thursday as part of a full-day farming special for BBC Farmwatch.

The initiative will run for 24 hours across all 39 BBC Local Radio stations, highlighting the people, stories and challenges behind British farming today.
From sunrise milking to late-night harvesting, the broadcasts will give listeners a first-hand account of life on the land, featuring stories from every corner of the country.
Special programming will be led by Harriet Cowan, known for her work on Clarkson’s Farm, and The Great British Bake Off’s Mike Wilkins. Together they’ll host a live show on each BBC Local Radio station, sharing updates and speaking with farmers working in fields, barns and dairies.
One of the highlights will be ‘Combine-Cam’ – a live video feed from a combine harvester allowing audiences to follow the harvest in real-time and interact with the farmers mid-field.
Features will include:
* Jo Lawrence in Herefordshire, who took over her family’s 200-acre farm aged just 17 and now manages more than 1,500 sheep and cattle.* A look into the impact of farm fires in the East and West Midlands.* A profile of a fifth-generation wool farmer in County Durham.* A 12-hour live outside broadcast from a Somerset farm that also makes gelato.
Chris Burns, Head of Local Audio Commissioning at the BBC, said: “Farming communities are the lifeblood of this country and we’re proud that BBC Local can once again bring their real stories to our audiences.”
Farmwatch will also extend to BBC Sounds, BBC News, and even make its way into The Archers on BBC Radio 4, where characters in Ambridge will be shown tuning into their local Farmwatch broadcast.
BBC Farmwatch starts Thursday 7 August on all BBC Local Radio stations and on BBC Sounds.

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