Good afternoon.
A taxi driver just told me he watched us on the news "all the time". Worrying, from a man plying his trade at 30mph but a nice thought. He said I made lots of "gestures" which he liked... well, tonight I may be making quite a few angry gestures. I might "wave a fist" at whoever "dognapped" Ruby, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Ruby looks after her master, a young boy who suffers from epileptic seizures. Ruby warns the lads parents of an impending attack and even helps keep the kid's head up when he is having convulsions. So, give the dog back, please. Robin is following all leads.
A taxi driver just told me he watched us on the news "all the time". Worrying, from a man plying his trade at 30mph but a nice thought. He said I made lots of "gestures" which he liked... well, tonight I may be making quite a few angry gestures. I might "wave a fist" at whoever "dognapped" Ruby, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Ruby looks after her master, a young boy who suffers from epileptic seizures. Ruby warns the lads parents of an impending attack and even helps keep the kid's head up when he is having convulsions. So, give the dog back, please. Robin is following all leads.
I may be inclined to give the "thumbs up", however, to the Met who have called a Gang Warfare Summit in the wake of the 23rd shooting of a young Londoner. We also talk to the friends of the young victim. Ronke is our shoulder to cry on.
Another "fist shaker", however, in Carshalton where yobs have been persistently fire-bombing an Indian family's home and shop. The cops were invited in and the "scroats" (Faye's inelegant yet strangely accurate word, not mine) fire-bombed the family car when no-one was looking! Glen, clad in asbestos, heads south-west for you.
Rumours circulated that Amy Winehouse had died. She hasn't. She is on her way to Glasgow. But, after last night's performance, she may give Glasgow audiences a near-death experience unless she's sorted herself out.
Very much alive and well and gaining a "double-thumbs-up" from most of the collective, however, is Rick Astley.
No?
You, like me, scouring the memory discs?
Well, suffice to say that when we played his back-tracks, the control room all started bopping. You will remember and you will enjoy.
Very much alive and well and gaining a "double-thumbs-up" from most of the collective, however, is Rick Astley.
No?
You, like me, scouring the memory discs?
Well, suffice to say that when we played his back-tracks, the control room all started bopping. You will remember and you will enjoy.
One thumb up and one down for our movies, me thinks, though James may take a different view. The thoughts of the Master on American Gangster (Yo!) and Brick Lane (No!) at 6.
Robin on why I was right to check out where I had put my vests away, last winter, and the papers with, I suspect, the Amy Winehouse rumours: that should round if off nicely.
Romilly joins me tonight and, despite my saying I was a more regular presenter than her, and that she has had lots of coverage with her brilliant reports from the Princess Diana inquest, she insists on doing What Not To Miss.
I think she's been talking to Salma.
It is a conspiracy that has earned an angry gesture not even my new taxi-driver friend will like.
I think she's been talking to Salma.
It is a conspiracy that has earned an angry gesture not even my new taxi-driver friend will like.
See you at 6 by which time I hope we will be talking to each other.
Alastair and Romilly.
