United Kingdom, April 19 -- Jeremy Vine thought his computer had a virus when he read Scott Mils had been sacked from BBC Radio 2.

The 60-year-old presenter was preparing for his own afternoon show on the station last month when he discovered the Breakfast Show host had been abruptly axed, and because there hadn't been a formal announcement to BBC staff at the time, he was convinced something was wrong with his laptop or he'd been caught out by "spoof news".

He recalled to the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "I went down to have a cup of coffee before my show and the time, I remember this exactly, was 11.43am.

"I had this Chromebook which is quite new and when I opened it, it said 'Scott Mills Sacked' and I thought, that's really annoying b...