LBC presenter off air in drug arrest

LBC 97.3FM radio presenter Alison Bell (above) has been taken off air after she was arrested last week on suspicion of supplying drugs.

Bell, a freelance journalist who has also worked for CNN, Sky News and ITN’s ITV News Channel, was arrested in a London bar with James Hewitt, a former lover of Princess Diana. Both have been given bail.

LBC refused to comment on her current employment status at the station, insisting that as a freelance Bell had no contract as such. However, a spokesman confirmed she had been taken off the air since her arrest

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