Jeremy Vine addresses Scott Mills sacking on BBC Radio 2 show

Jeremy Vine began his show this morning by telling listeners he was only told Scott Mills had been sacked by the BBC seventeen minutes before going on air at 12 noon today.

As he opened his news-based programme immediately after today's lunchtime bulletin, he said he "knew nothing more about it".

In a move that will have sent shockwaves through Radio 2 an…