In October 2012, two former BBC employees alleged that Travis had sexually assaulted several women during his time at the BBC. Travis spent 25 years on BBC Radio 1, including two as the host of the Breakfast Show. 'I do have pretty negative and strong feelings about things people have done that have been totally wrong. Travis in 2004. . What started out as a PR inconvenience has left the company without, to name just a few, a chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief technology officer and chief financial officer. Eric Alexander, the former head of Uber's Asia-Pacific business, left after a report that he had obtained the medical records of a woman who was raped by an Uber driver in 2014. But by the 1990s, the time had come for Travis to make way for a new generation. Seeing the victim, who was in her early 20s at the time, Travis chastised her for smoking. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? Changes are being made here which go against my principles, and I just cannot agree with them.'. ONE OF Radio 1's veteran disc jockeys, Dave Lee Travis, jumped yesterday before he could be pushed. He appeared in Peter Kay's music video for the single I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). Scottish rugby international Doddie Weir died on Saturday at the age of 52 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in December 2016, A bike tour rides along Regent Street in London, A person films himself doing kick-ups with a football during sunrise on Primrose Hill in London, Teachers on the picket line outside Oxgangs Primary School in Edinburgh in a protest over pay. Dave Lee Travis told listeners yesterday: 'I just want to take a short break from the music for a moment to tell you about something which is very, very important to me. In 1967, offshore pirate radio was outlawed by the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act. Dave Lee Travis has spoken about making a comeback almost four years after being convicted of indecent assault. Writer: Dave Lee - Rob Davis - Michele Chavarini - Nile Rogers - Bernard Edwards / Composers: Dave Lee - Rob Davis - Michele Chavarini - Nile Rogers - Bernard Edwards. READ THE ATTACHED GUIDE TO FILLING OUT THE PERSONAL DATA SHEET (PDS) BEFORE ACCOMPLISHING THE PDS FORM. Jefferson City, Missouri. $1 Million - $5 Million. Recently Ive been in my home studio again and just felt the music again it was really great. This is a list of on-air resignations. Under Review. [15] Travis told his audience that changes were afoot that he could not tolerate "and I really want to put the record straight at this point and I thought you ought to know changes are being made here which go against my principles and I just cannot agree with them". [9], Travis's first jobs were as a graphic designer, a designer of shop interiors and a photographer. DAVE LEE TRAVIS. [25] The other, presenter Vivien Creegor, claimed Travis "jiggled her breasts" when she was live on BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s. [6][32] On 23 September, Travis was found guilty by a majority verdict of 102 of indecently assaulting a female researcher working on The Mrs Merton Show in 1995. . Travis then touched her ribcage before sliding his hands up to her breasts in a 'squeezing grope'. The prosecution introduced a further charge ahead of the retrial and, on Tuesday, the court found him guilty of this offence. 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Lynsey de Paul - "She was tired of being small, so I reckoned that a short stretch on the rack would do the trick.". He denied the allegations. In 1969, he took over a Sunday morning show from 10am to midday. Thank you, your honour.". The jury failed to reach a verdict on this charge and a not guilty verdict will be recorded. Thats what I love, the former Radio One stalwart said, {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went wrong. Read about our approach to external linking. INDECENT ASSAULT ON MRS MERTON SHOW CREW MEMBER - GUILTY. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Ms Suu Kyi said the show had made her "world much more complete" and she met Travis in London in 2012. [citation needed]. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. 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Mr Alexander was fired earlier this month, and Mr Michael later left Uber. Travis was a regular presenter of the BBCs Top of the Pops, as well as other BBC1 shows including The Golden Oldie Picture Show, in which new videos were put to classic tunes, and was a guest on Edmonds Saturday night BBC1 series, Noels House Party. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? He's also spoken of how his life was left in despair after being accused of the crime, saying he left his job, lost his money and his 1.1million home we shared with his wife. The jury of six men and six women found him guilty of indecently assaulting a woman on 17 January 1995, while she was working on the BBC's comedy chat programme the Mrs Merton Show. [1] In 1987, he published a book of his photographs of well-known women, called A Bit of a Star, which he dedicated to his late father. Travis began his broadcasting career on the pirate radio station Radio Caroline in 1965. . LONDON (Reuters) - Dave Lee Travis, one of Britain's best-known radio DJs in the 1970s and 1980s who counted Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi among his fans, was found guilty on Tuesday of indecently . [26][27] He was the fourth person to be arrested as part of the investigation. But in November 2012, Travis - whose real name is David Patrick Griffin - was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences. In November 2012, Travis was arrested by officers from Operation Yewtree on suspicion of historical sexual offences, which he denied. He is 77 years old and is a Gemini. One point I wish to make clear is that I have the greatest admiration for what the BBC has stood for - but nothing stays the same. 'The unfortunate thing is that nowadays someone only has to say something and that's enough to stop a person's career.'. The DJ was found guilty on the additional count of indecent assault in 1995, which was not heard at the original trial, not guilty of the other indecent assault charge and the jury was unable to reach a verdict on the sexual assault charge. Recently Ive been in my home studio and just felt the music again it was really great. Travis added: 'I had a great broadcasting career and now it's come to this point where I'm about to dip my toe back in the water again. Mr Bartram, who told the court he appeared on Top Of The Pops more than 50 times, added that Travis had "a great presence". 8,985 plays 8,985; Play. He was investigated on charges of indecent assault, along with many other high profile media personalities, as part of Operation Yewtree in 2012: he narrowly escaped prison as a result. Mr Primack said a group of investors, but particularly Bill Gurley of venture capitalist firm Benchmark, had put pressure on Mr Kalanick to resign. He would not comment on the reasons for Mr Travis' departure. The 72-year-old DJ, who starred on Radio 1 from 1968 to 1993, avoided jail when he was convicted of indecent assault in 2014. While at GLR, the London station, he sacked Tony Blackburn, another of the original Radio 1 DJs. Mr Alexander reportedly shared them with Mr Kalanick, senior vice-president Emil Michael and others. He has been married to his Swedish-born wife Marianne for more than 40 years. Like Dave Lee Travis, 47, Mr Beerling was a founder of Radio 1 in 1967. [20] Travis remained a regular presenter through 1984. Missouri State Capitol. He went on an extensive tour of clubs, ballrooms and theatres presenting and promoting his own shows. Travis joined Radio 1 shortly after its launch in 1967, having started his career as a nightclub DJ in Manchester before joining pirate radio station Radio Caroline. In . Dave Lee Travis was one of the UK's most famous DJs in the 1970s and 1980s, presenting the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and hosting numerous editions of . All this time Uber's investors will have been weighing things up. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Dave Lee Travis indecent assault sentence to be reviewed, Dave Lee Travis sentence not unduly lenient, Dave Lee Travis 'mortified and really disappointed' over three-month suspended sentence for assault - video, Dave Lee Travis tells court: alleged sex attack victims are liars, Dave Lee Travis found guilty of indecent assault, Dave Lee Travis could face jail sentence after indecent assault conviction. He later invented the first, and probably only, snooker-based radio quiz, Give Us A Break, which became a staple of his Radio 1 weekend show complete with its comedy sound effect, quack quack oops, when a contestant got a question wrong. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He nicknamed himself "the Hairy Cornflake" during his time as the Radio 1 Breakfast Show host.[14]. Il Leyton Orient Football Club, meglio noto come Leyton Orient, una societ calcistica inglese con sede nel quartiere di Leyton, nel borgo londinese di Waltham Forest.Milita attualmente nella Football League Two, la quarta serie del campionato inglese.. Fondato nel 1881 con il nome di Glyn Cricket Club, inizi a dedicarsi al calcio nel 1888 con il nome di Orient e assunse la denominazione . Marianne Bergqvist. Uber's future prospects were now "pretty bright", Mr Primack added. Following his resignation from the BBC in 1993, he worked for several British commercial radio stations . Judge: DLT committed 'unpleasant sexual assault'. The retrial began on 5 September 2014. David Patrick Griffin (born 25 May 1945), known professionally as Dave Lee Travis, is an English disc jockey, radio presenter and television presenter.. 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