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John Peel: the tributes flood in.

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Radio One says it has been overwhelmed by the response from listeners following the death last week of John Peel.

By the end of the week the station had received around 30,000 tributes to the 65-year-old presenter, while another 30,000 messages had been received by other sections of the BBC.

"Our system couldn't handle the amount of responses we had," says a Radio One spokesman, who adds that a steady stream of people have been signing a book of condolence at the station's Yalding House building.

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