{"id":202620,"date":"2026-06-26T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/06\/26\/bbc-dj-and-presenter-trevor-nelson-taking-a-break-from-work-due-to-health-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:01:05","slug":"bbc-dj-and-presenter-trevor-nelson-taking-a-break-from-work-due-to-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/06\/26\/bbc-dj-and-presenter-trevor-nelson-taking-a-break-from-work-due-to-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC DJ and presenter Trevor Nelson taking a break from work due to health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >BBC DJ and presenter presenter Trevor Nelson has announced he is to take &#8220;a little break&#8221; from all work due to health issues.<\/b><\/p>\n<p >The Radio 2 presenter, who has been off air this week, did not go into detail about his diagnosis but told his Instagram followers<span >, <!-- -->external<\/span> that, on doctor&#8217;s orders, he was now &#8220;concentrating on getting better&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p >Earlier this year, the 62-year-old celebrated 30 years at the BBC &#8211; including on 1 Xtra &#8211; where he has championed R&#8217;n&#8217;B music in the UK.<\/p>\n<p >The BBC&#8217;s director of music, Lorna Clarke said: &#8220;Everyone at BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1Xtra wishes Trevor a very speedy recovery and we all look forward to him returning to his shows whenever he is ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Nelson explained: &#8220;I wanted to let my followers, radio listeners and all my Soul Nation party-people know that I&#8217;m going to be taking a little break from my work commitments.<\/p>\n<p >&#8220;Some of you may already have noticed that I&#8217;ve not been on my daily Radio 2 slot this week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p >He continued: &#8220;After a routine check-up I was advised to have some follow up tests. 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