Vince Tracy's Podcasts show

Vince Tracy's Podcasts

Summary: Join chat show host Vince Tracy down in sunny Spain to get a great flavour of what life is like on the Costa Blanca. Vince adds a number of different podcasts ranging from newsy and informative through listener involvement to celebrity interviews. The music is always slightly different although he tends to be choosey about the newer stuff. There´s often a new artist breaking with a new sound and regular guests include Leapy Lee (Little Arrows UK no2), Tony Hiller (writer of United we stand, Save your kisses for me and 17 worldwide number 1 hitsongs) and local celebrities.

Podcasts:

 Long Live the Isle of Man | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1544

Has modern pop music totally lost its way?....I know I come from a different age ....but most modern music has no point....there is no content to listen to....my problem is when listening to records I know how it is all done and understand all the technology....bit like watching a conjuror when you know how he does his tricks....but to me there has to be a point to a song....instead of the repetitive lyrics we seem to get these days....come back rock and roll...all is forgiven. Are we not all sick of adverts telling us how much these banks and insurance companies care about us?....telling us they will get us compensation for any accident we have ...or sort out PPI etc etc....with the no win no fee statement....what they don't tell you is how much THEY will make.....banks are not your friend their aim is to squeeze as much money out of you as they can.... They keep going on about how it is so hard to get on to the property ladder....or how one parent families are struggling to survive...or newlyweds having to struggle...which is very sad but in my day you settled for cheap items not top of the range televisions or brand new cars ...or fancy expensive holidays.....if we couldn't afford it we did without....but not these days....which seems to me to be the problem....and there is always someone there to cash in on your "big day"....by draining your bank account.... Our national treasure,The Lake District,has been awarded the the same status as The Taj Mahal and other world wonders....quite rightly so...I spend a lot of time there particularly through the Winter and it really is a spectacular place to visit....I have been to many picturesque places within Scandinavia and Europe and The U.S.A.....and have yet to find better views than in The Lakes....yet a large proportion of our population want to go abroad and sit beside a swimming pool and fry....when this is on our doorsteps....it's beyond me.....Prince Charles was brought in to present the ward.....however I think he was ill advised when he bought that overcoat....it was huge and would weigh a ton if he got caught in the rain. The song I have sent you this week has an interesting story....it is one I recorded round about 1980 for Blackpool council....it was originally called "Blackpool Magic"......they neither liked it nor wanted it....so I simply went back into my studio and changed the words to "Long Live The Isle Of Man"....and I sent it to Norman Wisdom who lived there....to my delight he phoned me up and and said he liked the song and would record it when he got the chance....and we had a chat about his films and career....what a lovely man....a short time later I met him back stage when he was on a theatre in Liverpool.....I don't know whether he ever got round to recording the song but it was worth it all just to meet him....that's showbiz.

 Wot's Norman Got in his Hand? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1901

...I spent the weekend in Caernarfon in Wales and paid a visit to the Llanberis Slate Museum which is so interesting...I have been before but it never loses its fascination....it is situated on an old disused quarry and shows the history of Welsh coal mining with the unbelievable conditions they had to work under....it really is a credit to the area and it's FREE !! I also went to Holyhead to have a stroll around the harbour which was a strange experience....the recent weather has really taken its toll on the place....there were sunken boats all over the place and luxury yachts which had been hauled up on to the quayside totally wrecked....it was like a horror movie....never seen anything like it. 2.Maths has hit the news with some bright spark in the government has deciding that the results are well below standard and is arranging courses to help students get to grips with the subject.....I was pretty good at maths because we had a good teacher who made it interesting and we learnt our tables parrot fashion in junior school so my age group can instantly multiply two numbers without thinking....I think maths wrongly has the scary factor which defeats students before they start. 3.Oh dear the Aussies have been cheating at cricket....SHAME.....they have been tampering with the ball which has created world wide news......when I played cricket in our school team we used to polish one side of the ball on our trousers and rub the other side in the dust which had the effect of making the ball swing....I suppose it adds a bit of spice to a very boring sport....and this has brought up the "it's not the winning...it's the taking part" old chestnut.....I have played a lot of sport over the years ... mainly one on one...tennis...squash...golf... and to cheat is only fooling yourself....but then again here was no big money involved with me....and kids should be taught how to lose and get over it. 4.I saw your Facebook entry featuring Emile Ford....I saw him in 1961 on the Liverpool Empire...also on the bill was Bob miller and The Miller Men...Clyde McFatter....Duane Eddy...and Bobby Darin....Emile Ford totally stole the show....I loved his records with the minimal sound of his group The Checkmates...great stuff... I also watched a programme on Ritchie Blackmore who to my mind was and still is one of the best guitarists ever....and what a stage presence.....and this was before Hendrix and all the others...I do enjoy a bit of heavy rock and I thought Deep Purple were ahead of their time and when Blackmore formed Rainbow it was the ultimate rock band....he now plays olde English ballads with his folk group and is still brilliant...the programme was a fascinating insight into a great guitarist. 5.The song this week is another jingle I did for Norman Thomas on Radio City.....he used to have a daily competition where the listeners have to guess what he is holding in his hand....with Norman giving them clues....it was very popular at the time....the song is called "What Have I Got In Me Hand?"....sadly Norman is no longer with us....he was a great guy. 13th February 2017 27th February 2017 1st March 2017 8th March2017 15th March 2017 7th June 2017 This file is not intended to be viewed directly using a web browser. To create a viewable file, use the Preview in Browser or Publish to Aabaco Web Hosting commands from within Sit

 Russia and Facebook in the Dock! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3599

THIS weekend the city of Valencia welcomes spring in style during the annual Las Fallas festival - a loud, boisterous fiesta where the city is literally set alight POLICE have rescued a 14-year-old girl who became trapped on the eighth floor of a building in Spain after a stunt went wrong. Meanwhile MORE than 200 people have today resumed the search for the missing Guardia Civil police officer who was swept away by flood waters while performing a rescue POLICE have arrested a 39-year-old man after he was filmed hitting 300km/h (186mph) in an illegal road race in Spain.........and a MOTHER and her three-year-old daughter have been seriously injured after their vehicle left the road and plunged three meters down an embankment. A YOUTUBE dare-devil, Ally Law, has failed in his attempt to free-climb Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia after being spotted by security guards. MIGRANTS have clashed with police in Madrid following the death of a Senegalese illegal street vendor leaving 20 people injured with six arrests. David Davis and Michel Barnier today shook hands and declared they have made a 'decisive' step in sealing a Brexit transition deal. The EU chief negotiator and Mr Davis announced the dramatic breakthrough at a press conference in Brussels. In any sane world, individuals with a full set of wedding tackle should not be allowed to describe themselves as ‘women’ and claim all the privileges and protections which go with it. Yet the Government is considering letting people self-certify their gender without any medical diagnosis — despite the potential distress it could cause to more than half the population. Hospitals have stopped calling mothers ‘mothers’ because it might upset the trans- fascists. A couple of weeks ago, retailers were knocking out gender-free Mother’s Day cards. You couldn’t make it up. This is the crazy world we live in, one in which a private girls’ school is thinking of installing ‘gender-neutral’ toilets, even though it has no transgender pupils. How long before every girls’ school in the land has to be fitted with urinals? Labour leadership was scrambling to limit the damage from Jeremy Corbyn's refusal to condemn Russia. Senior frontbenchers took to the airwaves to insist they 'agree with the Prime Minister' amid fears that Mr Corbyn has appeared to be an apologist for Vladimir Putin. The veteran left-winger was heavily criticised by MPs from all parties last week after he pointedly failed to accept that Moscow was behind the attempted murder of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. Campaigners have blasted a gambling watchdog for not bringing down maximum stakes far enough on highly addictive betting machines dubbed the 'crack cocaine' of gambling. Fixed odd betting terminals (FOBT) are said to be dangerously addictive and currently allow punters to stake up to £100 every 20 seconds - and theoretically gamble away £18,000 an hour. ..and today it recommended wagers should be capped at £30 a spin. The decision dismayed campaigners who were adamant the maximum price per spin should be £2. School PE lessons are racist, according to an astonishing taxpayer-funded study. Teaching children to play football, rugby, cricket, netball and rounders favours ‘privileged’ white students, the politically correct 20-page report claims. The research, which was criticised last night as ‘ludicrous’ and ‘patronising’ by a top black footballer, says sports that have been taught in schools for generations hark back to Britain’s colonial past and make ‘whiteness’ the norm.

 Worrizit? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1554

.I watched with interest a programme about the making of the Beach Boys album Pet Sounds....I was a big Beach Boys fan back in the early sixties and bought this album when it came out....it was heralded as a masterpiece...BUT....I didn't get it...I thought it was a bit of a mess and felt the band had lost its way...shock horror....the programme described how Brian Wilson loved Phil Spector's "wall of sound" and modelled the album on that....but in my opinion he got nowhere near.....HOWEVER during the programme Mike Love (Beach Boys front man) said he couldn't understand why they never stuck to the surfing songs which were going well...so SOMEONE agrees with me. 2.The soaps have come under criticism for their violent storylines etc....I only see the adverts for them which make me want to throw up....to me they are a dumping ground for over the hill pop stars and out of work third rate actors....and the sad part is viewers think it's real life....oh dear.....they had the producer of Coronation Street on answering the comments which was a complete waste of time as she looked like she had just come home from school.....it strikes me that these days everyone wants to use so called entertainment programmes to make political points and social comment instead of doing what they are supposed to do.....entertain us. 3.Ant McPartlin (one half of Ant and Dec) seems to be going through a rough patch.....he has recently been arrested for alleged drink driving...there was a three car pile up and fortunately no-one was badly injured...a kiddie apparently received minor injuries.....but there is no excuse for drinking and driving and luckily for Ant there were no serious injuries or he might have found himself in jail....the price of fame I suppose....and this weeks "Saturday Night Takeaway" has been cancelled (maybe we will get something worth watching) but we are supposed to feel sorry for him....and someone on ITV said they feel sorry for Dec because after all HE has to make a living....a LIVING!!....he's worth millions.....PLUS ITV have stated that they are their biggest stars....which says it all....maybe I am missing something....they do their saturday night show....which they do actually work hard on...then stand giggling in the wings on Britains Got Talent...which anyone can do...and present the jungle thing...which anyone can do...and they are the BIGGEST stars?...do me a favour....television in this country has gone past its sell by date ... it can't get much worse. 4.Driverless cars?...this is like something you hear about on April Fool's Day....what is the world coming to?...this has to be the most ridiculous invention in the history of time....they are saying that these objects will cut down accidents on roads....but apparently if they swerve automatically they won't allow for a passing cyclist....wonderful....the answer to road accidents is to increase the penalties for idiots who have no consideration for anyone else....ban them for 10 years or even life...problem solved.....I would no sooner get into one of these vehicles as I would into an aeroplane without wings....but I suppose this is modern technology and someone somewhere will make a fortune. 5.The song this week is one of the many jingles I did for local radio....it was for a daily competition on Radio Merseyside on a programme hosted by Debbie Jones....she would play a sound and the listeners had to guess what it was....hence the title of the jingle "Worrizit?".....I did lots of these things for both radio Merseyside and Radio City.

 Britain back in the Black! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3601

Alice Weidel is the friendly face of Alternative for Germany (AfD) , the extremist and anti-immigration party that has disrupted the German political board. While the diminished German traditional parties have still been unable to form a government five months after the elections, AfD continues its escalation. Recent surveys have placed them for days as the second political force in Germany, ahead of the Social Democrats. ANDALUCIA’S Environment Ministry is set to review the region’s water supply following rainfall in the region which left BILLIONS of litres of more water in its reservoirs. In order to illegally obtain a Spanish passport, you need money, an Internet access and crossing your fingers to avoid being swindled. On the web dozens of sellers of these travel documents, identity cards and driving licenses are announced. Most prices range between 1,000 and 3,000 euros, although they can reach 12,500 euros. An analysis of EL PAÍS includes the concrete prices for documents from several countries. Islamic State leaders have urged their 'faithful' followers to 'martyr' themselves by attacking 'infidels' in Catalonia. The message - broadcast through Telegramand and written in Spanish -was intercepted by the General Commissariat of Information of the National Police Body .Specifically mentioning Barcelona, the message instructs terrorists to attack sports facilities and events as well as markets. A BAR in Spain has caused controversy with its no ‘unruly children’ rule. The sign read “if the child cries, screams or makes noises that annoy other customers, the parents will have to take them outside until they stop doing so,” re-igniting the debate as to whether bars and restaurants should be allowed to ban children. Britain has finally swung back into the black on day-to-day spending thanks to a jump in the tax take and years of austerity. The current budget – which includes expenditure such as running hospitals, but not one-off capital costs such as major building projects – ended last year with a £3.8billion surplus, its first since 2001.It is a major milestone on the road to rebalancing the nation’s books after costs surged and receipts dwindled in the Great Recession following years of tax-and-spend policies under Labour. the most significant speech of the week – and possibly one of the most significant speeches of this Parliament – was delivered on Monday by Jeremy Corbyn. Since the referendum we have heard a lot about soft Brexit. We have heard a lot about hard Brexit. But thanks to the Labour leader’s uncharacteristic candour, this morning we are facing an even more terrifying spectre. The prospect of a Red Brexit. For some in the Remain camp, his commitment to signing up to a customs union with the EU represented a moment of hope. They pointed to it excitedly, and claimed a new window of opportunity had emerged to stop Brexit in its tracks. ‘I think it’ s now 50 per cent,’ Tony Blair said when asked the chances of Brexit being blocked by a second referendum. Olympic gold medallist Wiggins was branded a 'flaming cheat' by Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain, after MPs concluded the British cyclist used drugs to enhance his performance. While John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, said the Tour de France winner needed to 'justify why he should keep his knighthood and his sponsorship deals by now proving his innocence.' The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee report found Wiggins had used triamcinolone before the 2012 Tour to treat his asthma. Sergei Skripal, 66, was rushed to casualty after collapsing in a shopping centre in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Sunday. He was found with a 33-year-old woman, who is also fighting for her life. High streets across Britain are becoming ghost towns as shops shut down for good amid competition from online retailers. Retailers are warning the rapid rise(continued)

 Is the Recession Ending? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3603

Recession is ending. Tension in Europe is reduced. The peaks on the edge of the abyss are past water, a bad dream. The two old struggles that characterize the history of the EU return: money and power. The exit of the United Kingdom will cause a hole of up to 12,000 million annually in the European accounts and there are new needs in the agendas of security and immigration: as a consequence, the rich ones scratch their pockets or Europe will be forced to reduce their political action. Germany and France are willing to pay more to the European budget. The East and the South do not want to lose funds. The pressure grows so that the rich - Holland, Austria, Sweden and Denmark, who flatly refuse to pay another euro - make additional contributions. In its annual report on the state of human rights in countries across the world, Amnesty International has criticized Spain for making excessive terrorism allegations against people expressing a difference of opinion on social media. “Authorities pressed criminal charges against people who had expressed opinions that did not constitute incitement to a terrorism-related offence and fell within the permissible forms of expression under international human rights law,” reads the report, published Thursday. According to the document, 20 people were found guilty of glorifying terrorism online last year, including a young woman named Cassandra Vera who was sentenced to two and a half years in jail after making “a few jokes” on Twitter about the 1973 assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco, who was the Spanish prime minister towards the end of the Franco dictatorship. Close to 100 people marched on Saturday outside the Hotel Weare in Madrid to protest a trade fair focusing on surrogacy, a practice that is illegal in Spain. A group called Red Estatal Contra el Alquiler de Vientres (or, State Network Against Wombs for Hire) said that Surrofair 2017 was using women and minors like objects that can be bought and sold, and that it was advertising an unlawful activity. It's hard to believe, but not so long ago, doctors recommended smoking . In the mid-twentieth century it was not uncommon, in fact, to see health workers in advertisements or in American magazines praising the supposed goodness of tobacco: fresh breath , a less irritated throat , better digestion or even, healing properties . A whole nonsense that today, with the perspective given by the years and, above all, the studies doctors, it causes the eyebrows to raise. Something that, perhaps, within half a century, also happens to those who follow here to see how it is currently possible to find all kinds of unhealthy products in the vending machines of some hospitals in Spain. A prisoner given an indefinite sentence for a horrific sex attack is being allowed out of jail every day to run a taxi service. Kyle John, 26, drives a Home Office minibus ferrying other prisoners to work placements and universities. John was branded a danger to society for brutally stripping a schoolgirl, beating her unconscious and leaving her for dead in the snow. Her back was broken, her jaw and eye socket smashed and a doctor said they were the worst assault injuries he had seen in 28 years. But just seven years later John drives out of the prison gates every day, clocking up hundreds of miles in the white minibus. Other days he drives the prison's nearly-new £20,000 silver Skoda Estate on his rounds in South Wales........ pictured him picking up a prisoner from a university campus where hundreds of young women are potentially at risk. Millennials are on course to be the fattest generation since records began, a charity has warned. Seven in ten adults born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s will be overweight or obese before they reach middle age, it predicted. Cancer Research UK said this compares with only five in ten baby boomers – which it(continued)

 Don's Rock 'n' Roll Princess | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1299

We are going through a cold spell here...but the media can't just accept that...they have to magnify everything in order to cause the maximum panic and distress...they have called the cold snap "The Beast From The East"...and unless we prepare ourselves we could get seriously ill with Pneumonia ...or even DIE !!!...it's a few days of icey temperatures that's all...then it will get back to normal before we have the annual drought scare...it would be nice if the weather bods just told us the forecast (and perhaps got it right for a change) instead of trying to write a script for a disaster movie. 2.According to recent headlines Brendan Cole was kicked off Strictly Come Dancing because he danced with Camilla at a royal function which is AGAINST protocol...purely designed to get our nation of sheep all worked up...however it was fake news (surprise surprise) and it wasn't the case....as could be seen by Camillas beaming smile....those responsible for inventing this rubbish should be brought to task...they would have been thrown in the Tower back in the good old days....and Prince Harry has invited two of his ex's to the wedding....I wonder if Meghan knows what she is letting herself in for?...in any case he's got two reserves on the bench.....and I doubt if I could care less................on a good note I watched the one-off return of The Old Grey Whistle Test and enjoyed a performance by Albert Lee who stole the show with his incredible guitar playing....a few years ago I had the pleasure of rehearsing with him and James Burton (at the same time)....tasty backing or what. 3.In the absence of anything else worth watching on TV I tuned in to Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway....oh dear.....poor old Ant looked a bit worse for wear (mind you he is going through a bit of a hard time lately) but I'm sure he'll cheer up when he gets his cheque.....I KNOW they are very popular and have awards bestowed on them....but what I DON'T know is why?...the show has some decent guests who have to share their input with A & D who are NEVER off the screen...poor old Kylie Minogue sang a selection of her hits which was going well until the dynamic duo jump in dressed like two idiots and completely spoiled the act with their unfunny antics...it really is dreadful. 4.Big news...is Cheryl Cole (or whatever her name is now) and her husband splitting?...or are they staying together?....and do I give a flying toss??...She is a perfect example of how to make millions with no talent whatsoever....I must say I salute her....and the latest trend is to have "ordinary" people (if I can call them that) featuring on programmes like The Chase...Tipping Point...even Ant & Dec's weekend contribution....and we are supposed to get excited about someone who we have never seen or heard of winning a load of cash....I blame past programmes like The Generation Game which started it all...it's cheap TV....for goodness sake let's have some talent on our screens....and to add insult to injury the licence fee is going up!!!! 5.And the song this week is a track off my doowop album DooWop Days and is called "Rock and Roll Princess" and is a description of a girlfriend I possibly had back in the rock and roll years....and I utilise the titles and names of our stars back then...sweet memories.

 Don Finks he's in Luv with Una Stubbs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1711

First off....I am not a believer in ghosts and spirits etc....I like to think I am a realist....but last week I sent you my song about Bobby Vee which you played....the next day I woke up to find my photo of me and Bobby Vee on the floor...it had fallen off the wall where it has been for several years.....that is some coincidence or what??.....still on the music scene I notice Bruno Mars swept the board at the Grammys....we discussed him a few weeks ago and s far as I'm concerned he is as good as it gets....at the other end of the spectrum The Spice Girls are threatening to re-form...so it's time to get out the ear plugs. 2.We are being overdosed with the Winter Olympics which sadly I don't have much interest in.....mainly because we never do too well in them....then we have the six nations rugby which I quite enjoy...especially as England are doing well...the problem with rugby is if you don't know the rules it all looks a brawl....they should have a programme at the outset explaining the rules for those who require to know?.....I also noticed the ladies rugby was played to a sparse stadium...maybe the men stayed away in case they were accused of sexual harassment?....and on that very subject members of the French national team were accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour on a night out after their game with Scotland....and as usual nothing was proved and no-one charged.....surprise surprise. 3.Sony have been heavily criticised for their cartoon of Peter Rabbit where poor old Peter was pelted with blackberries because he hated them....this...according to "worried" parents could effect their children who might have allergies....the nanny state strikes again...forget Popeye and Tom and Jerry...it's time we STOPPED enjoying cartoons....so there !!.....I despair for the future of our children...laughter and enjoyment will become a thing of the past...but only for the sheep. 4.What we should be moaning about is the total misuse of the English language we have to suffer on television....with Cockneys with their "I Fink it's on Fursday"....there's a TH in there !!....or "There's a par'ee....on sa'adee"....there's a T in there.....also we have our wonderful northerners with Keith Lemon's "Froo keyhole"....THROUGH THE please....or "It were really grand...it really were".....this is what the nanny state should be worried about...........and it's time blokes realised that long hair is for the young...not for wannabe ex rockstars in their 70s....not forgetting the scrawny pony tail....or man buns....and shaved heads which are supposed to make onlookers think they actually have a full head of hair but have decided to have an egg on their shoulders because it's trendy man....only my opinion... if I'm allowed to have one in this P.C.age. 5.The song this week is about one of my favourite ladies..."The Ballad of Una Stubbs".....I have put this on YouTube and have had thousands of hits so obviously I am not alone in my opinion.....I have a signed picture of Una on my wall...I have never met her but I have spoken to her on the phone after sending her the song....so if this falls off the wall I'm leaving town.

 Now Oxfam lets down the UK | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3605

The cold front that hit Spain last Thursday is continuing to cause traffic problems throughout the country, with snow and frost affecting 350 roads and delaying the high-speed AVE train service. The “Catalonia effect” has left one of Spain’s new parties, Ciudadanos, in a stronger position than ever in the political scene, according to the latest poll by Metroscopia for EL PAÍS. There had to be a gutter somewhere, and it looks like they chose La Línea.” Juan Franco, the mayor of the town, speaks these words with a combination of weariness, anger and sadness. His mood can be summed up by three events that made news headlines in under 24 hours. An investigation into unfair competition that the US government launched last summer into Spanish black-olive producers continues this week, with a visit from a group United States Department of Commerce inspectors to verify the information that Spanish companies have been supplying over recent months. Girls are playing soccer against boys – and winning. Every weekend, Valencia’s FC junior women’s soccer team is beating its male rivals at official competitions. The team stands out for its discipline, ball skill and fierce competitiveness. soccer is a male sport, and winning the admiration of both parents and rivals. These 11-year-old girls are focused and continuing to prove wrong the clichés about women in sport. It is nearly 11pm as snow falls on the narrow streets of Amsterdam. Two young men wearing hoodies swagger up to one of the full-length windows in the most famous sex district in the world. Brussels s preparing to improve its Brexit trade offer amid disarray at Michel Barnier's hardline approach.EU chiefs said there was pressure from EU capitals to scrap its chief negotiator's strategy. Boasting a 25ft swimming pool and a charming sun terrace, this is the luxury apartment block in Haiti where Oxfam aid workers cavorted with young prostitutes at a sex party likened to a 'Caligula orgy'. The Oxfam scandal widened dramatically last night after claims of sex abuse spread to its charity shops. A whistle-blower revealed that the beleaguered charity has faced multiple allegations, including alleged abuse of children by its volunteers. With his voice supposedly ‘cracking with emotion’, Ian Huntley has at last issued what appears to be a grovelling apology for murdering ten-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, confessing: ‘I think about them every day.’ Giving every impression of begging for some form of public forgiveness, the notorious predatory paedophile, who has now spent more than 15 years behind bars, has declared himself to be ‘so terribly, terribly sorry for what I have done’. A terror suspect and sex offender with 17 aliases has reportedly been working at Britain's busiest airport in an alarming security breach. Career criminal Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamud is said to be on an official terror watchlist but reportedly had access to Heathrow's runway. Mohamud, 31, has a criminal record stretching back 11 years including robbery, assault, money laundering and threats to kill. A female pilot says that she has had to overcome sexism from passengers in order to follow in her father's footsteps in the profession. Londoner Annie Hellner, 25, originally from Malmo, Sweden, said that she had to deal with sexist rants and comments before becoming a pilot for budget airline Ryanair.

 EU Laws, Ryanair and Asperges! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3599

With local and regional elections coming up in mid-2019, the Popular Party (PP) is hoping that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will make Cabinet changes to appoint members with a higher political profile. THE number of applications made by refugees for asylum status in Spain was around 31,700 last year, almost twice as much as 2016 levels. An average of around 2,700 people per month applied for the status nationally. A tip-off three years ago launched “Operation Mastín,” a police operation that led to 41 arrests last year. Twenty of the suspects are now in pre-trial detention; ....... The involvement of Chinese mafias in the marijuana business “has led to a boom in its roduction in Spain in the last four years,” say investigators. THE suffering of many animals should end with new protection laws that have come into effect in Spain from last Thursday. The amputation (docking) of tails, cutting of ears, removal of teeth and claws, and the sectioning the vocal chords have all been banned. POLICE in Spain have arrested an 85-year-old man at a hospital in Valencia for throwing ‘acid’ in the face of a retired doctor. Screaming ‘Murderer, you have killed my son’ the pensioner threw a liquid in the face of the 72-year-old doctor. A SPANISH union has appealed to Ryanair to change its members working conditions. The Spanish Union of Airline Pilots (SEPLA) has taken issue with what they said was the “abnormal” situation of its members, with many of them working under Irish employment status. Dozens of EU laws could be imposed on Britain during a two-year transition period after Brexit, it was claimed today. ....... One of the rulings could make people take out insurance for all off-road vehicles including tractors, golf buggies and mobility scooters. Another could see all households forced to have four bins to hit ‘unfeasible’ EU recycling targets, according to the report .... Nick Clegg has launched a searing attack on the Brussels elite - blaming their 'sneering' attitude for Brexit. The former deputy prime minister, a prominent Europhile, complained that the drive for 'ever- closer integration' had been a 'terrible misreading' of public opinion. A British man with Aspergers accused of hacking into the FBI's computers will not be extradited to the US after a High Court ruling today. US authorities have been fighting for Lauri Love to face trial on charges of cyber-hacking after he allegedly stole data from agencies including the Federal Reserve, the US Army, the Defence Department, Nasa and the FBI. The student could have faced solitary confinement in the US and a sentence of up to 99 years in prison if found guilty. Two burglars who raided an 83-year-old woman's home were caught in clear CCTV images despite stealing the cameras. The pair of thieves targeted a woman in the Sheldon area of Birmingham yeserday, telling her they worked for the 'gas board' and forcing open a safe. They spotted two CCTV cameras installed inside the home and grabbed them, but police managed to download the images recorded from a central database. A white supremacist has been convicted of terrorism after planning to carry out a machete attack at a gay pride event. ... the New Empire pub in Barrow, Cumbria. . We've had prosecco flavoured crisps and even a gin and tonic version. Now Doritos is making ‘lady-friendly’ tortilla chips that are .....quieter to eat, less messy and come in a packet designed to fit in handbags. The mother of James Bulger said her son's killer has 'rubbed salt in her wounds' by issuing an 'apology' as he was locked up again for child pornography offences. Venables - who murdered James in 1993 - was today found to be a continued 'high risk to children' after he was caught with sickening pictures of youngsters as young as two being sexually abused. Arguing against a long jail term, Venables' lawyer said he 'asked(continued)

 Don Met Bobby Vee | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1447

I watched an interview with Jimmy Osmond which was really good...what a nice unassuming guy he is...it's always nice to see those who have been to the top being grateful as opposed to being a diva....back in the day I thought The Osmonds were brilliant...clean cut showman...and when I worked on local radio I met Donny Osmond who was a delight and had time for everyone...I got a photo of me and him and put it on my Christmas cards as The Two Donnys...great bloke. I watched the film of The Beatles rise to fame called "Eight Days A Week" produced by Ron Howard....it is pretty unbelievable watching the impact they had on the world....as I have said in the past I never got the reason for the mass hysteria ...I thought they were good and liked most of their songs but to have hundreds of thousands of screaming teenagers trying to storm the stage when you couldn't hear a note over the noise was fascinating...and I had to laugh when George said that Marshall built them bigger amplifiers for their stadium gigs....100 watt....nowadays 100 watt would be fine for a cafe....the film is well worth watching as it pulls you in to a very odd time in entertainment....still don't get it though. The feminist crisis is still boring us on the TV....what is funny is the glamour girls are now complaining about being removed from the motor racing and the darts championships announcing "no-one is going to tell ME what I can and can't do"....so now all the women are starting to argue with each other...TAKE COVER LADS!!...it's just a matter of time before they self destruct....with a bit of luck....I had to laugh at Naomi Campbell on morning TV...she was asked if she was a feminist...to which she replied with a firm YES...she was then asked what she thought of the models parading around at the formula 1 meetings....to which she said that it was a nice job for attractive girls to make some money...then she was told they had all been sacked...." I didn't know that!!" she exclaimed.....just about sums it all up. Back in the 80s they introduced American football on Channel 4 TV....they put on highlights of the games between 6 and 7 p.m. every Sunday....like a lot of viewers I started to watch it and became moderately hooked....I even got a book of the rules....it started to gain huge popularity then some genius member of Chanel 4 shifted it to 10.30 at night....which lost all the viewers and it was goodbye to American football.....there have been many attempts to get it off the ground in this country...even having major games at Wembley but it will never take off here...it's too long winded...highlights are fine....I tried too watch the recent Super Bowl but lost interest before falling asleep. Speaking of great blokes I'd like to drop another name...Bobby Vee....who I worked with on two concerts..one at the Floral Pavilion Theatre in New Brighton and the other at the North Wales Theatre in Llandudno in Wales....I opened the show on both occasions and we had some nice chats over coffee in between sets....I was a big fan of his wonderful songs in the early sixties and we discussed his rise to fame and of course the songs of Carole King...we hit it off straight away and I was sad to hear of his passing a few years ago....he was one of the nicest people I have ever met.....and as a small tribute to him I wrote the song I have sent you....it is from my DooWop album and is called "The Bobby Vee Song"....which takes a light hearted look at the days he stole our girlfriends hearts.

 The President's Dinner! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1694

.First off there has been coverage of an event called "Presidents Dinner" where millionaire celebs meet up each year and raise millions for children's charities....30 attractive young ladies are hired as "hostesses" and are required to dress in a particular way and stroll around mingling with the guests....then out of the gutter comes an "undercover" journalist who reports "sexual harassment" of these girls....the upshot is that not ONE of the girls has complained and NO-ONE at the dinner saw anything untoward...but apparently this "undercover" agent saw things EVERYBODY else missed....the organisers of the event (which has gone on for years) have decided to cancel it and close down the organisation...giving the £20 million raised to children's charities....so all this wannabe James Bond has achieved is to remove a nice little paid job for young ladies and to stop millions of pounds going to children's charities....nice one...a brilliant result I don't think. What next? they will be closing down all the hospitals because some reporter thinks he saw a nurse being sexually harassed ? And on the subject of sex....the new manager of the England ladies football team...Phil Neville... has been "FOUND OUT"....apparently someone has dug deep enough to find an inappropriate tweet he made thirteen years ago...shock horror....it's getting to the stage where no-one will hire women in case they mentally scar them....perhaps they'll all be happy then?....oh no...I forgot ...THAT would be sexist...I would hate to have to interview a black guy and a white female for a job...whoever you gave the job to would either be racist or sexist....a no win situation or what. I had to laugh at a report about some Chinese tourists in Venice who complained about being charged £1000 for a fish dinner...and a Brit saying he was charged £450 for breakfast.....the mayor of Venice responded by calling tourists "tight fisted".....I've been to Venice and was not at all impressed....totally overrated....and the problem with these foreign climes is you tend to get hit with an unexpected bill AFTER you have eaten...so you are a sitting duck to be ripped off.....I remember visiting Benal Madena in Spain and got chatting to an English guy who had opened a bar....as it was situated above other local establishments he put a sign at the bottom of the stairs advertising his pub...which he was instantly told by the police to remove....thus leaving his new business to struggle...whereas other bars in similar locations were O.K....but this is not racist is it?...not much. British television has hit a new low....it is so bad...especially the BBC which COSTS ME!!!....the news is pure unnecessary scare mongering...and the reporters are a disgrace...an example being a man who had just lost a child in an accident being asked "how did it feel when you saw your child dead in the road?"....just one of the many utterly STUPID unnecessary questions these amateur reporters ask.....and I think they make a guess at the weather forecast which they rarely get right....not to mention the obscene salaries they pay to third rate presenters .....they had a football match on last Friday night peak viewing time....who, apart from the supporters of both teams is interested?...NOT ME....it really is pathetic...I;m wondering how long they can get away with it.....and so are THEY probably. And finally...the song this week is entitled Tribute To Ricky Nelson.....I was around when the rock and roll tsunami struck the world and at school we all quickly found our favourite recording stars....mine was Ricky Nelson and I loved everything he did especially the guitar solos on the records which were played by James Burton....never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that 60 years on I would be singing Ricky's hits in concert with James...it was surreal....I did 8 concerts over the years with JB who I now re(continued)

 The Workers United.......... | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3606

KING FELIPE VI OF SPAIN has presented 12-year-old daughter Crown Princess Leonor with the Order of the Golden Fleece at The Royal Palace of Madrid....... POLICE have arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly starting a fire that gutted the frontage of a Carrefour store on the Costa del Sol. Blanca. THREE people have died and one person has been left seriously injured in a crash involving four cars on the AP-7 Autopista de la Mediterrania in Spain. A government worker at the Alicante provincial authorit has made media headlines after it emerged that was on sick leave for a total of 4,453 days between 2001 and 2016. In other words, he has been away from his post as a nursing assistant at the Doctor Esquerdo psychiatric hospital for 12 years out of 15! THE OLDEST man in the world, Francisco Nuñe, from Spain has died aged 113-years-old. Brexit. Brexit. Brexit! Baffled Brexiteers slammed the German ambassador today after he claimed Britain voted to quit the EU because it was obsessed with World War Two. ......and.........Furious locals have compared a headteacher at one of Britain's top primary schools to Adolf Hitler after she tried to ban young girls from wearing a hijab in class. New laws in Poland make it a criminal offence to suggest the country had anything to do with crimes committed by Nazi Germany. Schools have received almost 6,000 job applications in the past 18 months from teachers with criminal records – including those guilty of paedophilia, rape and attempted murder.

 Scotland and Gibraltar in the news | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7226

With Neil away and Vince on his travels we still make time to see what the papers are saying but what mightn't be put out as the most important news from Spain and the UK.

 Shall the Meek inherit the Earth_ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1854

The song this week "Subway Songman" is one I wrote back in the day after watching a busker in Liverpool....I have sent it because I spent last week in Bowness in the Lake District and it was very cold......I came out of the local supermarket to see an old guy sitting on the pavement with a blanket around him and his dog...with a hat on the floor....he looked up at me and smiled...I chucked a couple of quid in his hat and thought how wrong this is....it's 2018....this should not happen....and I had just read a headline on the newspaper stand inside the shop..."Ant 31 million divorce settlement".........which brings me to the next topic. Ant McPartlin...50% of Ant and Dec has recently been divorced with a record settlement of 31 MILLION pounds to his missus....can someone PLEASE tell me how this bloke is worth this sort of money....what does he do?....apart from stand at the side of the Britain-s Got Talent stage with his grinning idiot other "comedy" half......62 million?...it's obscene...ANYONE can do it...similarly newsreaders and chat show hosts are in the same boat....ANYONE can do it..that moaning woman reporter has just resigned after refusing a £45000 rise because it still leaves her salary less than the men....how sad.....and yet a nurse who trains for years to gain the skills to help saves lives gets £25000 a year....which is ONE EIGHTIETH of Chris Evans salary....and we are constantly being told there isn't enough money for police or the NHS.....THIS IS WHY !! On the subject of money....Prince William has had a haircut (big news).....it cost £180....why? he hasn't GOT any hair......looks like a 50 pence job to me.....and Harry-s Meghan bought a new designer coat (or something) and within an hour the same item was sold out as the sheep went on the stampede....it makes me want to go out and get covered in tattoos ... talk with a squeaky voice...and have my brain removed to be like Beckham......and talking of hairstyles I fail to see the point of a "man bun"....it looks hideous....and an earring does not belong on a bloke unless he's a pirate...just my opinion..... The Voice is back....which is my cue to change channels....it has to be the most successful load of tripe ever....with a panel of strange misfits including Sir Tom who looks like he is trying to stay awake....success in the music business isn't just about the voice or who can shout the loudest...if you want to make the big time....it does not require your whole family...including granddad... in the wings cheering you on....it's dreadful.....and I've just seen an advert for DJ Trevor Nelson's Collection....yet another bandwagon jumper....it is apparently his favourite "cool" songs...by the original artists...with a picture of Trev on the sleeve relaxing in a chair.....no wonder the music biz is in tatters......maybe we should get Trev and Mike Parkinson to SING a few tracks off their collection albums....a good way of clearing the place. And finally they have had some attention seeking woman on TV suggesting we ban the national anthem in schools and it was entertaining to see Piers Morgan shouting her down.......and not forgetting the film awards presented by women...announcing proudly that women are now in control of their destinies......I assume that is providing there are still enough millionaires they can latch on to?.....did I say that or think it?.......and there has been a national outcry and support for the SAS guy who was involved in the Iranian Embassy siege in the 80's.....he has hit hard times and can't get a council house....despite one of the terrorists living in one..........what was it J.C. said "The meek shall inherit the earth"....he wasn't far wrong.

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