by Dave Porter | 5th September 2012
It’s the run up to another American election, and Americans do some funny this at a time like this. In the year 2000, for instance, they narrowly voted for Al Gore as President, probably, but the voting was so close, and as they couldn’t figure out how to...
by Dave Porter | 4th September 2012
There was a time, in the early 1980’s, when if you were going out for a meal in Newcastle upon Tyne it really had to be Italian. Why? Because that’s all there was. There were plenty of restaurants to chose from, but they were all Italian, okay not quite...
by Dave Porter | 16th June 2012
The Olympic Flame made it to the Tyne Valley today and passed by rather uneventfully. I’ll never see it again in my lifetime so I suppose it was a historic moment. Before it arrived literally dozens of Police motorcycle riders came through in short convoys of...
by Dave Porter | 9th June 2012
Here is today’s schedule on BBC 1 – Saturday 9th June 2012: 4.30 – Match of the Day Live: Euro 2012 7.10 – BBC News 7.30 – Match of the Day Live: Euro 2012 10.00 – BBC News and National Lottery Draws 10.30 – Formula...
by Dave Porter | 29th May 2012
These are Greggs Steak Bakes. They contain, amongst other things, Protein: 16.5g, Carbohydrate: 28g, Fat: 27.5g, Salt: 2g. The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, announced in his 2012 budget that VAT was to be applied to food sold hot in shop like Greggs....
by Dave Porter | 25th May 2012
Damp street party or red hot pool party, which would you choose? I had an interesting conversation on the phone yesterday with a nice guy I have never met; he wanted to rent my lovely apartment in Spain for a week. He loved the apartment, the location is just right,...
by Dave Porter | 20th May 2012
This is not a difficult choice is it! I’ve not written for a while, as I’ve been busy making websites, and I had a short trip to Spain too. I’m not going to write much today either, just a few things though: Princess Anne, the Princess Royal For...
by Dave Porter | 28th April 2012
We saw a nice property for sale on the Sanderson Young website. It’s on the large side, has seven bedrooms and seems good value at only £4,950,000. We quite like it. There would be room for Nick to put his drums somewhere, we could probably put a barbecue in the...
by Dave Porter | 22nd April 2012
For someone doing their A levels at the moment and planning to go to University to study music production, producing a You Tube video in one day is quite impressive. Nick put the band together, played some of the instruments himself, recorded it all, audio on a...
by Dave Porter | 16th April 2012
I used to work with David Prever, back in the old days at Metro Radio, he was a presenter too, and a good one. He still is. I’ve also seen him a few times now doing the paper reviews on Sky News. Now he’s written a novel called ‘The Blood...
