Greg James shares challenge update after his dad suffers stroke

BBC Radio 1 presenter Greg James has said his dad is "fighting hard" after he suffered a stroke last week. The radio DJ took Friday's breakfast show off last minute to be with his family when his dad's heart surgery didn't go to plan on Thursday. As he returned to the airwaves on Monday, Greg told listeners his dad was "not very well at the moment" but he is "still with us". He said he was "very happy to be back" on the radio and knows his dad would want him to get back to presenting the show. In an Instagram post over the weekend, Greg also confirmed he still plans to kick off his Comic Relief challenge on Friday. "He really wanted me to do this challenge which is coming up on Friday," he said. "He knows that and he knows how much it means to me." The 40-year-old presenter plans to cycle 630 miles (1,000km) across the UK on a tandem bike over eight days. He is due to start in Weymouth on Friday and will finish in Edinburgh on 20 March for Red Nose Day. It'll be Greg's third Red Nose Day challenge after completing five triathlons in five days in 2016 before cycling between Scafell Pike, Snowdon, and Ben Nevis - climbing each of them - two years later. In the social media post, he s