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Scott Mills could lose Honorary Doctorate of Arts after BBC sacking
- Scott Mills could lose his Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Southampton Solent University after his BBC sacking.
- The university panel is reportedly set to meet later this month to rule on the potential revocation.
- The sacking followed Mills’s final Radio 2 breakfast show six days earlier.
- A police probe in 2017 into serious sexual offences involving a teenage boy is part of the broader scrutiny.
- Mills was granted the honorary title in November 2009 and has spoken publicly about it.
- The university has not yet commented on the panel’s upcoming decision.
- Mills previously hosted Race Across The World's spin-off before his sacking.
- The BBC confirmed Mills’s departure from the Breakfast show and the BBC amid the ongoing fallout.
- Mills’ salary is reported to be between £355,000 and £359,999 a year at the BBC.
- Scott Mills is known for Race Across The World and his long radio career with BBC.
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