by Dave Porter | 21st March 2012
I am stunned and saddened to hear of the death of Tim Lamb. He died yesterday, Tuesday 20th March, apparently of a heart attack, Tim was only 50. He died while playing football, which was something he loved. We first met when he came into my show on BBC Radio...
by Dave Porter | 21st March 2012
I have to go to a meeting on Saturday, but it’s in Spain. Tomorrow I am going to Leeds Bradford Airport and flying out with some friends who are going to the same meeting. Consequently I had to put some diesel in the car, it wasn’t quite empty but it cost...
by Dave Porter | 19th March 2012
I’ve just heard our Eurovision Song Contest entry for this year. We have all shaken our heads in disbelief that the BBC have chosen veteran singer Englebert Humperdink to sing this years entry, but much to my surprise, it’s not that bad! Back in the dark...
by Dave Porter | 18th March 2012
The Government have said that the Sunday trading laws, that restrict the hours larger shops can open, will be relaxed this summer during the Olympics. The law will not apply for eight weekends from Sunday 22nd July. They say that they want the world to think that...
by Dave Porter | 13th March 2012
I’ve just been into a pub in Hurworth, near Darlington, with Helen for some lunch. It’s a long story why we were there and has nothing to do with lunch, I’ll not bore you with that. So the menu was good, not cheap, but good. I had a lovely pint of...
by Dave Porter | 11th March 2012
Goodbye Tesco. One mistake is acceptable, two seems careless, three, well it’s time for one of us to do something. A few months ago now, I spotted what looked like a reasonable deal on a small TV in our local Tesco store. We were looking for a new TV for the...
