Veteran broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young dies aged 95

The veteran broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young has died at the age of 95.

The long-serving DJ, who spent almost three decades at BBC Radio 2, died"peacefully at home" with his wife Alicia by his side on Monday afternoon, afamily spokesman said.

Sir Jimmy was born in Cinderford in Gloucestershire and was one of the original Radio 1 DJs at the station's inception in 1967.

He moved to Radio 2 in 1973 and filled the early afternoon slot until heretired in December 2002.