After becoming one of the BBC’s most successful, consistent and beloved radio broadcasters, she was leaving Radio 1 and pursuing other things. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Why the hell are we stopping migrants trying to smuggle themselves OUT of Britain?

Orla has ups and downs with family through out, while her Dad starts a family with a new woman, her mum battles with alcoholism, and her sister tries to navigate a new version of family life back home with them in Ireland. The uncomfortable references to Mary and how TJ came to be, how his father forced himself onto Mary without much care and no love was sadly well done. Back in Ireland Orla's parents have separated and whilst working a minimum wage bar job Orla dreams of becoming a musician. Mother Mother is a book about the reality a lot of girls in their late teens face, and how these decisions follow them for decades.The station will also be bidding farewell to Diplo, who currently occupies 11pm – 1am on Saturday nights with Diplo and Friends.

Working at Radio 1 has been like being at the best party ever and it is a wonderful feeling to be leaving with a huge smile on my face. spanning almost four decades, macmanus engrosses us in mary's world and journey from a motherless girl to a girl who must grow up quickly in a society that lays stagnant and in the grips of civil war.Chaos for commuters as drivers' strike cripples rail routes and sparks huge queues on the roads during.