DJ Mark Radcliffe gets commemorative bench after cancer recovery

Bench in Manchester celebrates BBC DJ's cancer treatment and is part of Re-Write Cancer campaign

It is an established way to commemorate the dead: dedicating a bench to a loved one's memory and placing it in one of their favourite locations.

But the BBC DJ Mark Radcliffe has been bestowed the honour in life after a bench bearing his name was installed in the grounds of Manchester University, where he studied in the late 1970s.