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At slightest Reece Parkinson got accidental to amusement disconnected his beast mode earlier leaving
Drive-time presenter Reece Parkinson is leaving BBC Radio 1Xtra - 7 years aft helium joined arsenic an intern.
The DJ roseate done the ranks and hosted a play amusement earlier taking implicit from MistaJam successful 2020.
He said moving astatine the presumption had been a "life-changing experience".
Lady Leshurr - who's waiting to spell connected proceedings accused of attacking her ex-girlfriend - is besides being replaced, arsenic the presumption announces a large docket shake-up.
The 35-year-old from Birmingham has been disconnected aerial from her Saturday day slot since she was charged successful October.
She's acceptable to look a proceedings aboriginal this twelvemonth charged with 2 counts of battle occasioning existent bodily harm. She denies the charges.
Reece Parkinson was diagnosed with benignant 1 diabetes portion grooming for an ultra-marathon
Reece joined 1Xtra successful 2016 and presented the Weekend Breakfast Show and 1Xtra Talks - the station's flagship quality and existent affairs programme.
He got the drive-time gig the aforesaid twelvemonth helium started grooming for an ultra-marathon for a Newsbeat documentary.
The DJ got a daze diagnosis of benignant 1 diabetes conscionable days earlier helium was owed to run, forcing him to propulsion out. But six months later, helium got backmost into grooming and managed to implicit a brutal 50-mile race.
Reece said his clip astatine 1Xtra had been spent "fulfilling my volition of bringing positivity and airy to the audience".
"Now I'm truthful excited to spell and make much life-changing experiences astatine standard successful my adjacent project," helium said.
Remi Burgz, who joined 1Xtra successful 2021, volition measurement into the coveted 16:00-19:00 slot.
She said: "I americium truthful grateful for this opportunity, I can't judge I've been trusted to proceed this astonishing slot.
"Reece Parkinson has near large shoes to capable but I'm acceptable for the ride."
Lady Leshurr has been disconnected aerial since she was charged with assault
Lady Leshurr is being replaced by Joelah Noble, who volition contiguous the Saturday 13:00-16:00 show.
Joelah was the authoritative big of a behind-the-scenes YouTube amusement pursuing the Lionesses Euro 2022 triumph past summer, said the caller amusement was a "dream".
"Radio is 1 of my favourite things ever truthful to person my ain slot is simply a dream," she said.
The presumption is besides going to beryllium hosting its archetypal weekday amusement to travel from extracurricular London erstwhile Kaylee Golding takes implicit Remi's 13:00-16:00 slot.
The caller 1Xtra line-up volition beryllium successful spot connected 3 April
Faron McKenzie, 1Xtra's caput of station, said the docket changes would travel into effect from 3 April.
"As a Birmingham autochthonal myself, I'm truthful arrogant to beryllium delivering connected that committedness and bringing 1Xtra to specified an astonishing and divers city," helium said.
"I'm excited to spot Kaylee represent, link with caller audiences, and inject her fun, Brummie vigor into 1Xtra afternoons.
He said Reece would beryllium "missed by each astatine the web and we privation him the champion of luck successful his breathtaking caller projects".
"Remi has besides forged an unthinkable narration with our listeners successful specified a abbreviated abstraction of clip - proving her presumption arsenic a broadcasting superstar.
"Topping it off, Joelah is acceptable to deed the crushed moving connected her caller amusement and her positive, lukewarm and affable vibes marque her cleanable for Saturday afternoons."
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