let me take you back, right back, to a shed in 1970s stevenage.ing out right now to mrs teresa duncan, 57 donald crescent in stevenage. fast forward 50 years and 170 miles to stockport... looking after your ears, me dears. a special hi, hello going out to pamela duncan. how in the world are you feeling, my darling? deke duncan is still broadcasting to his audience of one, though it's a different mrs duncan and it's not a shed. what do you think of the workshop? right. it is a workshop. yes. you're about to enter wonderland! oh, my days! it's radio 77 2018. hit me with it, deke! i just love this, this is my world, my life, radio. fabulous! i bet you're never off duty, are you, even in the supermarket? no, in my head. if you're listening in the car right now, thanks for the ride. taking your ears through the years. looking after your ears, me dears. 77 coming at you today with a mountain of music guaranteed with deke duncan right here in the air chair. this is true love, love so pure even the missus approves. i think it's wonderful, you know? he bel

we're going to stick to stevenage and stockport. i think so. to stevenage and stockport. i love those lines, holy moly, rocky anderson rolly! just ask permission from his wife, —— and rolly. —— rocky and rolly. the world's largest mince pie factory in barnsley relies on seasonal workers to make 720 pies a minute at peak times. that's a lot of mince pies! victoria is there for us this morning, with some interesting news about a rise in demand for christmas jobs. if you're going to talk christmas jobs, where else would you talk about them ? good jobs, where else would you talk about them? good morning, victoria. good morning, naga, dan! smell that, smell of vision, i don't know if you can get that but you're right, 728 minute, 220 million a year. they need an extra 350 staff in order to do this production line. later i'm going to be talking mince pies facts and i'll be meeting the research and development technologist, the food taste, who comes up with the recipe. but first, the news, travel and weather where you are. —— the food taste. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. five pe

let me take you back, right back, to a shed in 1970s stevenage.miles to stockport... looking after your ears, me dears. a special high, hello going out to pamela duncan. how in the world are you feeling, my darling? deke duncan is still broadcasting to his audience of one, though it's a different mrs duncan and it's not a shed. what do you think of the workshop? right. it is a workshop. yes. you're about to enter wonderland! oh, my days! it's radio 77, 2018. hit me with it, deke! i just love this, this is my world, my life, radio. fabulous! i bet you're never off duty, are you, even in the supermarket? no, in my head. if you're listening in the car right now, thanks for the ride. taking your ears through the years. looking after your ears, me dears. 77 coming at you today with a mountain of music guaranteed with deke duncan right here in the air chair. this is true love, love so pure even the missus approves. i think it's wonderful, you know! he believes it, he lives it, he does it, and, as he has said to me many times, it'sjust between me and the

contract with airbus today, worth $218 million, to make the satellites at factories in portsmouth and stevenagend you can see slight gains in asia at the moment. i will see you soon. talking more about facebook now. facebook will announce new measures later to help support britain's local newspapers. our media editor amol rajan reports. just a few decades ago work in a local paper came with esteem, influence, and a solid wage. titles like the independently owned express and star in wolverhampton were treasured in their communities. these days the importance has grown further but their commercial cloud is diminishing. now if you want a second—hand car give look online and if he wants local news, fewer and fewer turned to print. it is challenging. the difficulty we have is all large proportion of people who are reading are no longer paying for the content, it is a print audience that are and it is how do we start to monetise the digital sector? some form of subsidy seems inevitable. it may come from silicon valley. facebook say they want to help train local reporters just as the bbc now do, and a

with airbus today, worth 218 million dollars, to make the satellites at factories in portsmouth and stevenagessure on the central bank to keep lower reserves and relax lending rules ahead of an election year. this would release funds that the government could spend on programmes that shore up its popularity, but an independent reserve bank of india is crucial for investor confidence. first sameer hashmi is in delhi... we have to say, this is a report, just clarify what is happening, we are hearing about reports of pressure on the central bank, is it a fa ct pressure on the central bank, is it a fact there is pressure on them? well, that has been reports over the last few weeks that the government wa nts last few weeks that the government wants the bank to ease lending norms, officials from the government have come out and made their position clear, the bank has been resisting that move, the reason there are high levels of ad debt, they are asking banks to clean the books and for that they have tightened up the lending measures that are in place. yes, there is a public class, it is a fact and

something stevenage repeated also in the scores i'm here because it's a good degree in spain fell to a late defeat against croatia and their packed night of your often a sions league action across europe on thursday the spanish had beaten the world cup finalists six nil in their previous match bit more even in this one under a crime rich putting the croats ahead in zagreb spain level two minutes later through daniel said by us then you had vice struck again for the hosts before sergio ramos made it to two from the penalty spot but right at the end you know if i scored again three two two couriers. plenty of other nations like much as well world cup semifinalists belgium are on the winning side against iceland they're also home wins for greece and hungary while belarus and moldova or winners away from home bosnia and herzegovina draw in austria sees them promoted to league a. international friendlies on thursday for you as well iran beats trinidad and tobago big win for israel over guatemala germany winning against the last world cup hosts russia and england beating the usa three nil