Overview
- James said his father, Alan Milward, suffered a stroke during planned heart surgery on Thursday and is being treated in intensive care.
- He missed Friday’s Breakfast Show to be with his family and returned on Monday to update listeners.
- Milward is “still with us” but “not really there at the minute,” and James said he is “fighting hard” with recovery likely to be gradual.
- James spent the weekend visiting his father and thanked NHS doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and surgeons, describing their care as “amazing.”
- He intends to proceed with The Longest Ride for Red Nose Day, a roughly 630-mile tandem cycle over eight days starting Friday, saying his father wanted him to do it.