And who can know why? Except that Read, former stalwart of Wonderful Radio 1 is nothing if not the triumph of hope over experience in human form. No power on earth can crush the spirit of the Cliff Richard lookalike. Not the bankruptcy that forced him...

In 2009, he said, "That was one of the worst times of my life – an absolute nightmare. The Shaw Theatre was an unmitigated disaster. "It was hard to find and contact, and they didn't have a website. They were utterly ill-prepared and ruined our chances...

In the rest of 1994, Mr Pilot at the time, Chris Tarrant, presented a further new series. In June 2008, after a 14 year break, returned to Red TV, with Mike Read back at the helm, under the slightly less descriptive title of The Mike Read Show. This was...

Optimistically, perhaps, Read, the resilient 64-year-old disc jockey and I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! “There will doubtless be people who will say I am mad to be doing this, but

At this point the company has stopped hiring for its Las Vegas and Henderson stores, according to WinCo's website. Mike Read, vice president of public and legal affairs for WinCo Foods, wasn't immediately aware of the halt in hiring, but said, "If it...

I started it was a struggle, the charity was quite insignificant at the time. But over the years we have built it into something amazing. Before retiring, we had built a refuge and had bought a second property and things continue to grow and as always...