Bill Palmer, 95, phones the Alex Dyke show on BBC Radio Solent

A 95-year-old man was invited on a BBC Radio Solent programme after making an emotional call to a phone-in about being lonely.

Bill Palmer, from Southampton, called the Alex Dyke show about his life since his wife Sheila, who he married last year, went into a nursing home.

The production team immediately ordered a taxi to take Mr Palmer into the studio, where phone-in listeners chatted to him and offered support and advice.