BBC Radio 1: Adele Roberts to leave station after eight years

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Adele Roberts wearing a bluish  dress, astatine  an gala dinner. The inheritance  has stairs starring  up, with chairs placed successful  the backgroundImage source, Getty Images

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Adele Roberts joined the BBC successful 2012

By Manish Pandey

BBC Newsbeat

Adele Roberts is leaving Radio 1 aft "an unthinkable 8 years" astatine the station.

The DJ has already presented her past show, which was successful May.

In the past fewer years she's spoken openly astir her attraction for bowel crab and in 2022 she said she was escaped from the disease.

"She continually goes supra and beyond for others and I privation to accidental a immense convey you to her for everything," said Aled Haydn Jones, caput of Radio 1.

Adele revealed she was undergoing attraction for bowel crab successful October 2021.

The 44-year-old has often utilized her societal media to speech astir her treatment, and her stoma which she has named Audrey.

In June 2022 she said she was free from crab aft 8 months of treatment.

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Adele has been joined connected the airwaves by a fig of large names implicit the years

Adele archetypal joined the BBC successful 2012 arsenic a presenter connected BBC Radio 1Xtra earlier joining Radio 1 successful 2015 arsenic the station's Early Breakfast amusement host.

Thanking Adele for her clip connected the presumption Radio 1 brag Aled said she "always puts others first".

"Whether it's cardinal workers during the pandemic connected her show, different people's wellness during her ain diagnosis of cancer."

It comes astir a twelvemonth aft Scott Mills and Chris Stark near the station - and a fig of different changes to the Radio 1 docket person besides been announced.

From September, Sam MacGregor and Danni Diston volition articulation forces to co-host the caller Weekend Breakfast show, which volition determination from London to Cardiff.

The brace were fixed their archetypal accidental to big connected the presumption during the 2020 festive play arsenic portion of Radio 1's Christmas Takeover.

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Danni and Sam person already covered shows for Radio 1

From there, they person go regulars covering a scope of shows arsenic good arsenic hosting Radio 1's sum of Boardmasters Festival 2022 and astir precocious being portion of Big Weekend festival successful Dundee.

They accidental having their ain amusement is thing they've "dreamed of since we tin remember".

And the duo are excited astir broadcasting from Cardiff.

"It's the metropolis wherever we became champion mates, began presenting unneurotic and present the metropolis we proudly telephone home."

Jess Iszatt volition besides beryllium joining Radio 1 arsenic the caller big of BBC Introducing connected Sundays, taking implicit from Gemma Bradley.

She started moving connected pupil vigor stations and has hosted the BBC Music Introducing amusement for BBC Radio London, championing artists specified arsenic Arlo Parks, Freya Ridings and Celeste.

"Supporting caller artists astatine the precise opening of their vocation is the astir breathtaking portion of the journey," she said.

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