I’LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STOP NEW SIZEWELL C says
passionately about it because it overshadows the way we are going to live.”
And he jokes: “I’ll be throwing myself in front of whatever I can throw myself in front of to prevent the build.”
The energy giant plans to build 2,500 temporary multistorey homes for construction workers in a field opposite Bill’s home. And he fears the area could be overrun with prostitution and drugs. He explains: “The stories I hear about the 1980s and 90s, when they built Sizewell B, are not pretty.
“You hear tales of prostitution coming to the area and drug abuse, because there are so many workers away from home. It would take a lot of the tourism income out of the area long term and ruin it for future generations.”
The campaign is a huge undertaking for Bill, who was diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer in 2017. Yet he says lifestyle changes – including cutting out meat and dairy and
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He says: “At the moment, we are holding steady. I’m on a treatment called Radium 223.
“It was working very well for five months, now it is working sort of OK.
“I feel very well. I’m pretty much not eating meat or dairy.
“I did a lot of research and it comes up time and time again that a wholefood, plant-based diet is good for you. It gets overwhelming, but it is great to be part of that cancer family. You get a lot of support from other people.” Bill is also on a hormone treatment, which gives him mood swings.
He says: “Most of the time, I am absolutely fine, I get hot flushes, they pass. But occasionally, I can feel my mood dipping. Now when we go down into a dip and I howl like a baby – well, like a grown man, which is much worse – I understand it is chemically induced and it will pass the next day. And it always does.”
Bill, who was on Strictly in 2005, currently presents a weekend show on Classic FM.
He recently stepped in for Piers Morgan alongside his old breakfast TV sidekick Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain.
He says: “It was thrilling being back, I think viewers liked the novelty of having me.
“As long as people keep hiring me, I’ll keep working.”
For now, Bill is throwing all energy into halting Sizewell C.
He vows: “We have to keep going, not falter for a second.”