Jeremy Vine has shared that thoughts on the dismissal of his BBC Radio 2 colleague Scott Mills. He claims that the sudden move by the broadcasters was "unfair" as he insisted that "there's been no crime" during his Tuesday programme.

The presenter shared his upset over Mills' departure as he tried to link it to show bosses having regrets over how they handled the behaviour of Huw Edwards. Jeremy said: "Scott Mills' sacking has left a lot of people very confused. What do you make of it? I'd love to know?" He added: "We heard the news just before 12 yesterday here at Radio 2, it came as a complete shock to those of us who work at the station, the presenter of our Breakfast Show, Scott Mills, had been sacked over allegations, we're told, related to his personal conduct." Later during the programme, Jeremy remarked: "It's a very painful episode for anyone who knows Scott, he's a very popular guy in the building."

Later in the show, Jeremy also spoke with BBC Media and Culture Editor Katie Razzell, who revealed she had put "a series of questions" to executives regarding Mills' dismissal, particularly whether they had been aware he had allegedly been under police investigation.

She subsequently disclosed that the period covered by the investigation dated back to 1997, when Mills was still employed at Heart FM, having joined Radio 1 the following year.

Oasis Charitable Trust founder and Baptist minister Steve Chalke, who has collaborated with Mills on the Pause For Thoughts segment of the Breakfast Show, noted there was "a sense of grief, of loss, of sadness and shock."

"My thoughts, my heart my pain, is for him and also of any victim of any crime and their family of everybody involved in this," he added. Jeremy went on to assert that "there hadn't been a crime" as Mills was never charged with any offence.

He explained: "The whole point is there wasn't a crime, and that's where this gets difficult, the met have been over it and there is no crime. We are dealing with something we are calling misbehaviour.

"There is a thought here that what the BBC has done has sacked Huw Edwards, they wish they got in earlier with Huw and they decided to treat Scott how they wish they'd treated Huw. Which would be a bit unfair, would it not?"