BBC presenter rushed to hospital after ‘terrifying’ accident that ’caused bone to break off’
A BBC PRESENTER has been rushed to hospital after a ‘terrifying’ accident at home.
BBC Radio listeners tuned in this morning to discover that Stephen Nolan was missing from his usual show.
ReutersA BBC presenter has been rushed to hospital after a ‘terrifying’ accident at home[/caption]
BBCBBC Radio listeners tuned in this morning to discover that Stephen Nolan was missing from his usual show[/caption]
PAThe 50-year-old dropped a box of tiles on his big foot in what he described as a ‘terrifying’ ordeal’[/caption]
BBCChris Buckler stood in to host Stephen’s show at the last minute[/caption]
The 50-year-old Northern Irish presenter hosts his breakfast programme on BBC Radio Ulster each morning.
However, standing in for the Beeb journalist was Chris Buckler who revealed Stephen was rushed to hospital.
Joining Chris on the line, Stephen then explained the horror mishap, saying: “I was trying to move 10 boxes of tiles. I didn’t realise how heavy tiles were so they all landed on my big toe.”
In total Stephen spent six hours in A&E which meant he was unable to front his show.
While Stephen reassured his colleague and the listeners that he was “still alive”, Chris was sceptical of his story.
He said: “There is a little bit of kind of reluctance to believe any of this inside your team this morning… because they don’t believe for a second that you actually do anything like physical manual labour.
“You basically employ people to move things… so what have you been doing? Have you run out of men?”
Stephen clapped back and went into detail about how “a wee sliver of a bone that has broken off” from the accident.
He then heaped praise on hospital staff, saying: “The staff were fantastic, thank you very much to all the staff up at the Ulster Hospital.
“It was terrifying, it really was.”
BBC departures and returns
LEAVING/LEFT
Newsnight’s Mark Urban after 35 years on air
Claudia Winkleman quitting BBC Radio 2 after 15 years
Correspondent Robin Brant after two decades
Sports presenter Garry Richardson after 50 years
BBC Radio star Jason Rosam after 16 years on air
Jordan North quitting Radio 1 and moving to Capital
RETURNING/RETURNED
Martine Croxall after launching legal action against the Beeb
Karin Giannone after a horror injury and year off air
Annita McVeigh after losing out on a chief presenter job last year
Geeta Guru-Murthy after also being off air for more than a year
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