Veteran radio DJ James Whale has revealed he has cancer in his kidney, spine, brain and lungs. The 69-year-old told The Sun he received the diagnosis two weeks ago. It comes 20 years after he had ...

James Whale pioneered the late-night radio phone-in during the 1970s, rising to fame with The James Whale Radio Show, which was simulcast on Radio Aire and Red Rose Radio in the late 80’s.

The radio DJ’s past experience with cancer led him to form the James Whale Kidney Fund in 2006, which merged with Kidney Cancer UK in 2015. Whale now hosts a weekly podcast with his second wife ...