we have just had this tweet from tracey crouch.n a great campaigner on this issue, and saying that she is a woman of principle, and saying he wasn't surprised she had resigned because of this perceived delay of six months in implementing that maximum stake. much more on that throughout the evening, but tracey crouch saying it with tests with great sadness that she has resigned from the government. —— it is with great sadness. here's alina jenkins with the forecast. a front moving its way across the uk today, and a good deal of sunshine behind that with some showers on western coats. weather front has stalled, we are seeing some rain, but a beautiful afternoon in cumbria with a bit of fair weather cloud. compare that to sob, this was stowma rket compare that to sob, this was stowmarket earlier, plenty of rain, and it is still hanging on this evening. this is connected to this strip of cloud, which is pulling away east, and i think there is still another couple of hours of rain across parts of east anglia and south—east england befor

tracey crouch isa see that throughout.istered for people who work in westminsterjournalists and other politicians say she is a general person, she loves sports. this is a loss to the government and that spence. but as you say this is not someone quitting over ambitions or try to do the prime minister in. this is a very genuine thing that is a rare trait. what interests me and maybe i could say because present might be in awe that is someone who has not made clear, she still has not made clear these days whether backed brexit or remains. come today maybe mischievous she could pursue the divide in the post may would ship election and she could be a argument for an outside leader. it stress your. we will come to sunnydale at the intrigue in a moment. the times texas to amber rudd's is a nationwide home office officials may or may not done. —— the time's resignation. —— takes us. in the handling of the wind rush scandal, it seems that at the end of day are busy one at the end of day because she claimed there were no targets fo

in a resignation statement posted on twitter, tracey crouch wrote...with great sadness i have resigned from one of the bestjobs in government. thank you so much for all the very kind messages of support i have received throughout the day. adding — politicians come and go but principles stay with us forever." 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo reports. a popular and respected minister tracey crouch today chose to put principle before her career. during her time at the culture and sport department, she sought to tackle problem gambling, announcing in may that the maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals considered to be highly addictive would be cut from £100 to just two. this was widely welcomed by campaigners but monday's budget revealed the change would not be brought in until october next year. like many others in westminster, she had wanted it sooner and today she's stood down over the decision. in the commons this morning, labor's tom watson accused the government of capitulating to the gambling industry. it's a betrayal of the governm

the headlines at 9pm: the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned, accusing the government of an "unjustifiable delay" in the introduction of restrictions on high—stakes betting machines. the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave dot eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. medicinal cannabis products can be legally prescribed from today in a limited number of circumstances where other medicines have failed. and unions call on the government to do more to save the appledore shipyard in devon. good evening, the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned over "delays" to a crackdown on maximum stakes for fixed—odds betting machines. the chancellor philip hammond said in monday's budget that the cut in stakes from £100 to £2 would come into force in october 2019. but ms crouch said the delay was "unjustifiable" and it could cost the lives of problem gamblers. in a resignation statement posted on twitter, tracey crouch

the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned amid claims that the government has delayed cutting theds betting terminals from £100 to £2 until october 2019 instead of next april. the government is changing the rules next year to try to tackle problem gambling, but there've been claims that such a big reduction in the amount people can stake could cost thousands of jobs. our political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. and, vicki, this is an announcement that was made within the budget on monday. that's right, it is not about the principle of the reduction, that has been decided but there were clearly mps, including tracey crouch, on all sides of the house whose understanding was that this change would be brought in in april. now, in the budget it was announced that actually it would be in october. now, earlierthe announced that actually it would be in october. now, earlier the culture ministerjeremy wright defended it, saying it was a huge change for the gambling industry, there will potentially be job losses, they have to have time to adapt, but we have now seen the letter

until the tracey crouch and you would have wanted.hines to get more people hooked on gambling. michael has written to us and said that this is so emotional and it touches so many people, he said he had a massive problem with the fixed odd machines, lost thousands of pounds, sometimes he was playing to machines are £100 ago. for your experience, anyone who is watching, struggling at the moment, as a member of a family, as a family member of a family, as a family member who has lost someone they wish they could have helped more or no one will, what would you say to anyone out who was going through this, family member or someone addicted? anyone who was addicted, please talk to your family. that is the first and foremost thing. it is a heartening to talk because, u nfortu nately, a heartening to talk because, unfortunately, gambling is seen as a socially accessible part of society. people think it is stupid to become addicted. they think they have failed completely and they don't wa nt to failed completely and they don't want to talk abo

the headlines at 11pm: the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned, accusing the government of an "unjustifiable delay" in the introduction of restrictions on high—stakes betting machines. the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave dot eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. president trump says his government is finalising a plan that would mean asylum seekers have to make their claim at a legal port of entry. here, medicinal cannabis products can be legally prescribed from today in a limited number of circumstances where other medicines have failed. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers asa bennett from the daily telegraph and jack blanchard from politico london playbook — stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned after the government delayed the introduction of restrictions on high—stakes betting machines

tracey crouch was passionate about changing that, saying she wanted to protect people from social, mentalng. only by reducing the maximum stake from £100 to £2 will we substantially impact on harm to the player and wider communities. but, on monday, as part of the budget, it emerged that the new policy would be introduced in october next year — not april, as many had expected. in her resignation letter to the prime minister, ms crouch said... "from the time of the announcement to reduce stakes and its implementation, over £1.6 billion will be lost on these machines. two people will tragically take their lives every day due to gambling related problems." there are considerations to be made about the livelihoods of those who work in betting shops, and it's perfectly proper for the government to consider those, too. if we did what the betting companies wanted, this change would not be made at all. tonight, many of tracey crouch‘s colleagues, political opponents and even the archbishop of canterbury were praising her for sticking to her principles. the resignation of one minister isn't a huge

tracey crouch was passionate about changing that, saying she wanted to protect people.cial, mentaland financial problems associated with gambling. only by reducing the maximum stake from £100 to £2 will we substantially impact on harm to the player and to wider communities. but on monday, as part of the budget, it emerged the new policy will be introduced in october next year, not april, as many had expected. in her resignation letter to the prime minister, ms crouch said, from the time of the announcement to reduce stakes and a simple notation, over £1.6 billion will be lost on these machines. —— implementation. two people will tragically take their lives every day due to gambling related problems. there are considerations to be made about the livelihoods of those who work in betting shops, and it is perfectly proper for the government to consider those two. if we did what the betting companies wanted, this change would not be made at all. tonight, many of tracey crouch's colleagues, political opponents and even the archbishop of canterbury were praising herfor stickin

tracey crouch was passionate about changing that, so she wanted to protect people from social, mentalith gambling. only by reducing the maximum stake from £100 down to £2 will be substantially impact on the harm to the player and to wider communities. but on monday, as part of the budget, it emerged that the new policy would be introduced in october next year, not april, as many had expected. in her resignation letter to the prime minister, tracey crouch said from the time of the announcement to reduce stakes and it's in fermentation, over £1.6 billion will be lost on these machines. two people will tragically take their lives every day due to gambling related problems. there are considerations to be made about the livelihoods of those who work in betting shops, and it's perfectly proper for the government to consider those too. if we did what the becky —— betting companies wanted this change would not be made at all. tonight many of tracey crouch‘s colleagues, political opponents and even the archbishop of canterbury were praising herfor sticking to her principles. the resignation of

the headlines: the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned following a row over perceived delays to the government's introduction of changes to the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals. the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave. eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. arron banks has welcomed the enquiry. a senior police officer has questioned whether investigating misogyny rather than crimes like burglary is the best use of resources. google employees around the world are staging walk—outs demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday at first a look at what else is coming up. in beyond 100 days, we will hear how president trump has been stirring up more president trump has been stirring up m ore c0 ntrove i’sy president trump has been stirring up more controversy during the campaign for the us mid—term elections. we'll speak to marianne cooper, a sociologist from stanford university, about the walk—out by google employees over the company's treatment of w

they are going to force another vote in parliament, they have tracey crouch find them, and they willbecause the government, doesn't have a majority, let's remember. let's celebrate this moment, you and i, polly, we disagree on so much but phil hammond has brought us together. most everyone apart from the chancellor and the prime minister seem to think this policy is a complete mess. isn't it extraordinary that a government in so much trouble, going out and looking for more trouble. yes yes, like a masochist strategy. is it that they are so distracted by brexit and worrying about the numbers that they are not spotting some of these other elephant traps? i think this is much more to do with the conservatism of her majesty's treasury. ferrer bean counters. they have their eye on the revenue from these machines and they don't want to lose it, they have made this argument about some new tax change coming in that will take another six months. we will briefly touch on the front of the metro, this is the national action, apart from the bizarre thought of a couple naming their child adolf, mi

the resignation of the sports minister, tracey crouch, is the telegraph's lead. of tomorrow's biggest stories on its front page, leading with the resignation of the sports minister. the daily mirror splashes on the pilot who was arrested at heathrow airport before allegedly attempting to fly a plane while drunk. and the sun alleges that the former prime minister david cameron might have his eye onjeremy hunt's job. that is a flavour of the front pages. we will look at them in more details. jack, kick us off this time around the david cameron story. details. jack, kick us off this time around the david cameron storym is definitely the most eye—catching front—page story of the day. it will have tongues wagging in westminster tomorrow, that david cameron has apparently told friends he would not mind ajob in apparently told friends he would not mind a job in the cabinet, once theresa may has gone as prime minister, which might turn out to be sooner minister, which might turn out to be sooner rather than later. it is certainly not what anyone would have expected. we w

but culture minister tracey crouch is extremely unhappy about this.igned. i think my honourable friend is doing an outstanding job, and began to mac pro is right that she deserves a large part of the credit for the substantive change that this government is making. a decision, by the way, that the last government, the last labour government, did not make and are decision which it falls to us now to make. as to why she isn't answering the urgent question, the urgent question that's been asked, mr speaker, is about a changing government policy. first of all, as i've explained to the right honourable gentleman, there is no change in government policy. and i ta ke change in government policy. and i take responsibility for policy made in this apartment. the government collect dissly makes decisions about these matters. and that is the decision that i have explained to the house. tracey crouch is is not alone in being the only person who thinks that any kind of delay would be wrong. there are other conservatives who spoke out today, and others i have spoken

in other news, there's the resignation of the sports minister, tracey crouch, which is the telegraph'sies on its front page, leading with the resignation of the sports minister. for the second day in a row, the i reports on universities the i reports on universities that are apparently on the brink of bankruptcy. the daily mirror splashes on the pilot who was arrested at heathrow airport before allegedly attempting to fly a plane while drunk. and the times‘s top story is a report claiming home office officials failed the former home secretary amber rudd. a mix of lead stories. but get the flavour of some. take us to the financial times. what do you have to say about arron banks and leave.eu? essentially the electoral commission a body that arron banks... because of how it is try to pour the finances and data as regards to his week that you campaign, they have been so concerned by what they found that they have brought get —— brought in and prefer the case to the national crime agency amid fears that there may have been several offences committed. this is over the prominence of the mone

but at the beginning of this month, the sports minister, tracey crouch, resigned, saying the governmentries. they have caused endless harm, terrible damage to families. the first indication of a climb—down came at prime minister's questions today. i know gambling addiction can devastate lives, so our priority is making sure that this change delivers the results we all want to see. we are listening to the concerns being raised by colleagues. then, this afternoon, the about—turn on the timing of the tougher regime. i hope, through my resignation, i have given a voice to many people who felt they were not being heard about the harms of these machines, and, ultimately, at the end of the day, we now have the right outcome for them. so the maximum stake will be cut from £100 to £2 every 20 seconds, as planned, but starting from april — not 0ctober — next year. the government's reason for waiting was to give bookmakers time to adjust after they warned that thousands of betting shops would close, putting 20,000 jobs under threat. but many bookmakers will tell you now it doesn't matter when this

tracey crouch is spending the day considering whether to resign over the matter.lfigures in the leave campaign during the 2016 eu referendum — has been referred to the national crime agency over criminal allegations. staff at google offices around the world are staging a series of walk—outs in protest at the company's treatment of women. medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time. the leicester city manager is speaking to media for the first time since the club's honour and four others lost their lives and a helicopter crash at the stadium last weekend. in rugby union owen farrell returns to fly—half for england's first autumn international on saturday, ben te'o muster at centre after just making one saturday, ben te'o muster at centre afterjust making one appearance for his club worcester so far this season. and neil lennon has called the behaviour of fans and the edinburgh derby disgraceful after she was hit thrown from the crowd. police scotland have arrested a man in connection with an assault on

from over the moon after mps, including the snp‘s hannah bardell and the former sports minister tracey crouchve since apologised. i think i can speakfor us all when i say that our historic chamber should not be used for this type of activity, and i gently remind colleagues that if they are seeking to use the chamber outside of sitting hours beyond for the purpose of simply showing it to guests, frankly they should write to me asking for their request to be considered. i have said what i have said. there are no hard feelings, and i consider the matter to be closed. 0rder. well, they think it's all over. it is now. that's the final whistle for this wednesday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me again at the same time tomorrow. bye for now. we have had the cold winds and some of us have seen snow and now the widespread frost. with a lot of sunshine around but the many on the eastern side, cloud already moving in. not amounting to two march but persisted through scotland. all of that moving west. sunny spells with northern ireland and south—west england. quite cold wher

that prompted the sports minister tracey crouch to resign and provoked the threat of a backbench rebellionuld come in earlier — in april next year. there was a call for recognition for the fastest man you've probably never heard of. steve jones was an raf aircraft technician from south wales who held the british marathon record for 33 years until sir mo farah beat it earlier this year. he won marathons in london, new york and chicago. we have got this great man who accomplished incredible things and inspired people to follow in his footsteps, but is simply nowhere near as widely recognised as he should be. nick smith on sporting hero steve jones. now we all know names can be tricky — hard to pronounce, tough to remember and all too easy to get wrong! well there's a bit of row going on in cardiff over the new name for the welsh assembly. the ruckus is over whether it should be know as the seneth or the parliament. i asked bbc wales political correspondent eckew gwowr to explain. a consultation was held to see what the name should be. the assembly has powers now to change the name if they wi

the former sports minister tracey crouch, who resigned in a row about fixed—odds betting terminals, hasimits on the machines. speaking in her first interview since she resigned, ms crouch blamed supporters of the gambling industry within parliament for delaying the measure. leicester city‘s football players are in bankok to attend funeral ceremonies for their former chairman, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. mr vichai died in a helicopter crash outside the king power stadium last saturday. four other people were also killed. the team flew out to thailand after their match against cardiff yesterday. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, spoke to us earlier from the temple where the funeral ceremony has been taking place. we are on the second day of the funeral. we saw the players arrive here, as you say, directly from that match in cardiff. they got here as soon as they could. just about an hour ago, off a bus and taken straight from the airport. they are not all here but we saw jamie vardy, captain wes morgan, goalkeeper kasper schmeichel, of course, who was particularly close to m

and the conservative mp tracey crouch called her mischievous, charming and supremely intelligent and warned those at the pearly gates they had no idea what was about to hit them. in 2014, she published her bestselling memoirs, coming up trumps, although she told one interviewer she had neither written nor read the book. lady trumpington, who's died aged 96. time for a look at the latest weather forecast with chris. turning wet across western areas, quite a grey and gloomy day in many respects quite a grey and gloomy day in many res pects a cross quite a grey and gloomy day in many respects across a good part of the uk. across the west we are seeing the wettest weather so far. signs of a change on the way, called for most of us but as we drag in the south—westerly winds it will turn significantly milder by tomorrow with temperatures up to around 1a or 15 in the warmest areas. the change was brought about by areas of low pressure. they are queueing up in the atlantic, waiting to whiz into our shores. we have some pretty wet weather today. that will bring the change, this band of rain w

the sports minister, tracey crouch, is considering whether to resign from the government over delaysced in the budget that the change would take effect in october 2019, six months later than originally planned. 0ur political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. do we know where she is? no, we do not, we know she flew back overnight from an official visit to america. we have been looking around for her, but there are suggestions she has been speaking to the chief whip about her future. this was a pretty big battle that she spearheaded to get this change because she, like many other mp5, feel that what was going on in many ways morally wrong, preying on some of the most vulnerable in society, feeding gambling addiction. it was decided, and the treasury was persuaded, that things had to change, reducing those sta kes d own things had to change, reducing those stakes down to £2. this row is about the date. many people feel they had an understanding with the government that it would come into force in april. in the budget they said it was october. ministers are justifying that b

you now have the former sports minister, tracey crouch, who resigned, has become the 95th tory mp whosay they will vote down this deal. it might be quicker for tory mps who are going to act her deal... the 27th letter today has come up, which brings her closer, those are the ones that are public. we will never know how many letters sir graham brady has, but this is another mp who has felt the need to come out and say i think it is time for her to go. some of those letters were put ina to go. some of those letters were put in a long time ago and could have been rescinded, we don't know, only sirgraham have been rescinded, we don't know, only sir graham knows what is in that autumn draw. —— optimum. —— bottom. the mail has donald trump's reaction, saying it will be harder for her to strike a deal. this is our close ally being held. the double trump said this would keep us too close to eu rules. —— helpful. he didn't exactly spell out his problems. this echoes the criticism he has had before and we do know that theresa may has decided to keep us that theresa may has decided to keep us cl

and the conservative mp tracey crouch called her mischievous, charming and supremely intelligent andestselling memoirs, coming up trumps, although she told one interviewer she had neither written nor read the book. lady trumpington, who's died aged 96. time for a look at the

the former sports minister, tracey crouch, who resigned in a row about fixed—odds betting terminals,o impose limits on the machines. speaking in her first interview since she resigned, ms crouch blamed supporters of the gambling industry within parliament for delaying the measure. republicans and democrats have begun a final burst of campaigning ahead of tuesday‘s mid—term elections in the united states. president trump told supporters at rallies in montana and florida that democrats wanted to flood the country with illegal immigrants — and described the barbed wire being erected along the border with mexico as a "beautiful sight". danjohnson reports from washington. the presidential plane in front of montana‘s snow—covered mountains. winter is coming, and so is donald trump. clocking up the miles repeating his familiar campaign themes — a strong economy, record job numbers, promises of tax cuts and tough talking on iran and immigration. remember the wall? well, it still isn‘t built. so instead it‘s troops to the mexican border and talk of tent cities. we have our military now on the

but at the beginning of this month, the sports minister, tracey crouch, resigned, saying the governmentfellow tories. they have caused endless harm, terrible damage to families. the first indication of a climb—down came at prime minister's questions today. i know gambling addiction can devastate lives, so our priority is making sure that this change delivers the results we all want to see. we are listening to the concerns being raised by colleagues. then, this afternoon, the about—turn on the timing of the tougher regime. i hope, through my resignation, i have given a voice to many people who felt they were not being heard about the harms of these machines, and, ultimately, at the end of the day, we now have the right outcome for them. so the maximum stake will be cut from £100 to £2 every 20 seconds, as planned, but starting from april — not 0ctober — next year. the government's reason for waiting was to give bookmakers time to adjust after they warned that thousands of betting shops would close, putting 20,000 jobs under threat. but many bookmakers will tell you now it doesn't matter

joining me now is tracey crouch, the minister who resigned.f harm to people who play them. they are addictive on purpose. they have caused harm on many high street up and down the country. i am pleased we are back to the original timetable of april 2019. do you think it is your resignation, along with the pressure from other conservative mps, a rebellion on the finance bill over this, which has forced the government‘s hand? finance bill over this, which has forced the government's hand? there has been a collective voice of dismay at the decision to delay the implementation. what the government has realised is that our many parliamentarians, faith leaders, charities, victims of gambling addiction, and other people who thought it was wrong to delay the implementation of the stick reduction. i am implementation of the stick reduction. iam pleased implementation of the stick reduction. i am pleased they have listened to that collective voice andi listened to that collective voice and i am delighted the reduction will be implemented in april. do yo

the headlines at 8pm: the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned, accusing the government of an "and his leave.eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. four men part who were part of a gang of 20 which groomed and sexually abused vulnerable girls in huddersfield have beenjailed. also coming up, unions call on the government to do more to save the appledore shipyard in devon. unite said the owners, babcock international, had lost a major defence contract to an italian competitor.

committee recalled meeting her and raised her amazing life of service and the conservative mp tracey crouch she published her bestselling memoirs, coming up trumps, although she told one interviewer she had neither written nor read the book. lady trumpington, who's died aged 96. bbc news at six is coming up injust a few minutes. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes with the forecast. this is the last of the chilly days, the weather turns milder to the afternoon across parts of wales in southwest england behind his band of rain that continues to edge its way the sea is getting quite rough at the next weather system is moving in towards the uk and bringing in the next wet and windy weather across all parts of the country. so at the moment we have this band of rain moving in and behind that we have milderaircoming in. the moving in and behind that we have milder air coming in. the gap between these weather fronts, we could see some patches of hillborg developing for a time. then the next area of rain comes in along with the strengthening wind. temperatures not as low as they hav

the former sports minister, tracey crouch, who resigned in a row about fixed—odds betting terminals,its on the machines. speaking in her first interview since she resigned, ms crouch blamed supporters of the gambling industry within parliament for delaying the measure. a 17—year—old college student stabbed to death in south london has been named. malcolm mide—madariola was fatally stabbed outside clapham south tube station on friday afternoon. he was the second student in the space of 24—hours to be stabbed in london — after 15—year—old jay hughes was attacked near a chicken shop in bellingham in south—east london. leicester city‘s football players are in bankok to attend funeral ceremonies for their former chairman, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. mr vichai died in a helicopter crash outside the king power stadium last saturday. four other people were also killed. the team flew out to thailand after their match against cardiff yesterday. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, spoke to us earlier from the temple where the funeral ceremony has been taking place. we are on the sec

tracey crouch says she has no regrets about her decision to resign as sports minister over a row aboutbut this has been postponed until october. ministers say the gambling industry needs more time to adjust. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, described her decision as "principled and courageous". speaking this morning ms crouch said she was looking forward to being a backbencher again. i have absolutely no regrets about my decision whatsoever. i'm perfectly comfortable with my decision. and i have no further comment to make. thank you. i have said everything i wanted to say in my statement. i have no further comment to make. the prime minister has an important job comment to make. the prime minister has an importantjob to do and will deliver on brexit. i look forward to being a supportive member of her backbenchers. thank you. hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from tens of thousands of facebook accounts. the hackers told the bbc‘s russian service they had details from a total of 120 million accounts, which they were attempting to sell. facebook

interestingly, we also heard yesterday from another sort of weather vane backbencher, tracey crouch, remember resigned in that row over betting terminals. she too has never really express an opinion on brexit one another, but again, she too yesterday said she could not accept the deal, you just sense, rather than making headway in winning over tory backbenchers, the tide seems to be running against mrs may at the moment. and another on helpful intervention for her from donald trump? donald trump's timing could hardly be worse, really. last night, echoing the fears of brexiteers who have argued that, because mrs may's deal, they say, envisages cars remaining so closely tied to the eu that we will never be free to strike oui’ that we will never be free to strike our own trade deals, donald trump last night pretty much echoing that arguments, and also, for good measure, suggesting that the deal was a great deal for the eu, measure, suggesting that the deal was a great dealfor the eu, exactly not what mrs me needs right now. but just listen to the president. not what mrs me needs right n

committee recalled meeting her and praised her amazing life of service, and the conservative mp tracey crouchling memoirs, coming up trumps, although she told one interviewer she had neither written nor read the book. tributes to lady trumpington, who's died aged 96. you may not have heard of deke duncan but he's been the voice of radio 77 for more than a0 years. the station doesn't have a licence, so can only be beamed through a speaker from his shed into his living room to an audience of one, his wife. that could all be about to change as he's now been offered a one—hour special radio show. jayne mccubbin went to meet him. let me take you back, right back, to a shed in 1970s stevenage. here to try and put a grin around your chin, a special hello, how are you going 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 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 differen