Hobbs, known as a champion of new dance music, left her Thursday 2am-4am show earlier this year to take up a position at the University of Sheffield.

Benji B, who has presented a weekly show on 1Xtra since it launched eight years ago, will leave the digital station on Sunday October 10, to make his Radio 1 debut four days later. He says the move will bring the essence of his 1Xtra show to Radio 1.

The move means there ...