{"id":362966,"date":"2026-04-04T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/362966\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:59:13","slug":"scott-mills-bridge-sign-removed-at-fleet-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/362966\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Mills Bridge sign removed at Fleet \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4896-scaled.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"kdafxujcge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kdafxujcge-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sign marking the Scott Mills Bridge at Welcome Break\u2019s Fleet services has been removed. <\/p>\n<p>The bridge, which had carried Scott Mills\u2019 name in recognition of his long-standing association with BBC Radio 1, no longer displays the signage that linked it to him.<\/p>\n<p>Removal of the sign comes just days after confirmation that Scott is no longer contracted to the BBC, bringing an end to his time with the broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>It was only last month that Welcome Break celebrated the 10th anniversary of the plaque, which was proudly displayed in the northbound building. <\/p>\n<p>The bridge was christened in 2016 when Scott and his co-host at BBC Radio 1, Chris Stark, talked about it on-air. <\/p>\n<p>Welcome Break has not commented publicly on the situation, and RadioToday has contacted the company for a comment. <\/p>\n<p>But with the Bank Holiday weekend upon us, we may need to wait till next week to find out if the removal was in reaction to Scott\u2019s sacking, or merely a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>Scott was questioned by police in 2018 following allegations about an incident or incidents in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The case was dropped due to a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5879-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-415078\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5878-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-415079\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bs-push-noti-message\">Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSubscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; The sign marking the Scott Mills Bridge at Welcome Break\u2019s Fleet services has been removed.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-362966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}