'Shock jock' James: I've been given weeks to live

Broadcaster and Express columnist receiving care in hospice

- By Matt Nixson

VETERAN broadcaster James Whale has moved into a hospice as he enters the final stretch of his courageous five-year battle with kidney cancer.

The 74-year-old Express columnist, who has been living with 20 tumours around his body, including in his spine, brain and lungs, has been told he has just weeks to live.

Earlier this week, he moved into a “quiet and welcoming” eight-bed hospice near his home in Kent with his second wife Nadine Lamont-Brown at his side.

The mixture of cancer and the painkillers he is on has made him breathless and affected his famous voice - so familiar to listeners after a 52-year career in broadcasting.

Stoicism