Rob Persani
11:54am on 11 May 2012 RACE FOR LIFE IN STAMFORD ON SUNDAY - more names to add to the list Gemma Wood from South Luffenham, Babs Cornish from Stamford, Clare Wilks with daughters Laura & Sophie from Glaston, Jane & Molly King from Uppingham, Linda Hyam & Davina Sharman from Stamford, Amanda Seyderhelm from Stamford, Victoria & Amanda Fowell and the team at CS Ellis in Luffenham, the Castle Bytham Party Girls (Angela & Jodie Harris, Karen Pick, Ann Burrows and Di Hill), Maz Roberts & Karen Want from Ryhall, Sue Downs & Hayley Smith from Stamford Gemma Wood and Sue Downs are both fighting cancer at the moment, and are taking part this Sunday LITTLE LEGS - meanwhile in Oundle, a Race for Life style event has 250 children taking part, again for Cancer Research UK, including Jessica Williams-Moore who's just 18 months old! TOUGH MUDDER - good luck to Richard Dainty from Uppingham who's raising money for the Lymphoma Association by tackling one of the toughest assault courses in the region tomorrow. Simmonds Grant Solicitors on High Street East are taking donations. Richard's entrance fee goes to Help for Heroes. 100K LONDON TO BRIGHTON WALK - John Burton from Stamford is raising money for Great Ormond Street tomorrow along with Team Skoda DO YOU USE YOUR MOBILE ON HOLIDAY? The bills can be huge, with browsing the internet especially extortionate. From July in Europe, there will be caps on how big the charges can be, 58p per megabyte of data, 7p for a text or to receive a call, and 24p to make one. If you mistakenly leave your phone on data roaming, you shouldn't have a massive bill to come back to. Beware though, outside the EU, popular holiday destinations like Turkey are excluded A RIGHT ROYAL FORECAST – the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall were on TV in Scotland yesterday presenting the weather. They both did a great job, reminds me of the time John Craven read the Rutland Radio news headlines a few years back when we featured on Countryfile. Some of our listeners couldn't believe their ears! EVER DRIVEN YOUR CAR THROUGH A SAFARI PARK? I did once, quite nervously, and everything was fine. Some of the animals are well known for climbing over your car, you hear horror stories of wipers, mirrors and the aerial being broken off. Hyundai wanted to see how tough their new i30 car is, so left it in Knowsley Safari Park with 40 baboons! It ended up with a door seal ripped off which was easy to put back, a few scrapes and smears, and teeth marks in the steering wheel! Hyundai says the test will help future car design. Wayne Rooney took his £80,000 Audi there last year, and it was damaged. Topical tune? GOOD LUCK TO THE GREAT BOWDEN JUNIOR X-FACTOR FINALISTS – tomorrow the 15 finalists face the judges at Welland Park Community College at Market Harborough, in the competition which includes some children from the southern parts of our area, a 15 mile radius of Harborough BON VOYAGE – 120 students at CBEC were up early today bound for France today for the day by coach DID YOU SEE MARCO IN STAMFORD ON BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY? Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White was in Stamford to help open Stuart Porter Antiques on Broad Street. He says he's no plans to open a restaurant in town, despite rumours. There were whispers Jamie Oliver was coming to town to open a restaurant where the new Antiques Centre is – maybe that's where the rumours came from? MORTEN HARKET – the former frontman of A-Ha chats to me this Sunday lunchtime after 12.30 about his new single Scared of Heights, and accompanying album Rob 10:17am on 10 May 2012 PHONES IN CLASS – Oftsed want mobiles banned from classrooms in a crackdown on discipline. Are there any schools around here that actually allow it? New Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw is a former head, and as well as wanting to ban mobiles from school, he will mark down schools that allow backchat and calling out. MORE TIME OFF FOR NEW DADS – in the Queen's Speech yesterday news of a consultation was revealed, to allow new parents to divide seven months paternity leave between them. Dads would get six weeks paid of their own, and Mums six months. That means Dad could be off for 8 ½ months. TELL THEM NO – a leading psychologist says we should stop negotiating with our children, and go back to the traditional methods of being the boss. Dr Thomas W Phelan also says a 3 strikes and you're out approach works much better than screaming when there's conflict STAMFORD'S RACE FOR LIFE – is this Sunday. Are you raising money for Cancer Research at Burghley House? Lots of names on the Race For Life Roll of Honour this year - Victoria & Amanda Fowell and the team at CS Ellis in Luffenham, the Castle Bytham Party Girls (Angela & Jodie Harris, Karen Pick, Ann Burrows and Di Hill), Maz Roberts & Karen Want from Ryhall, Sue Downs & Hayley Smith from Stamford. Any you'd like to tell me about? ARE YOU DOING THE MOONWALK THIS SATURDAY? Thousands of women are walking 26 miles in their bras this weekend down in London for Breast Cancer Research OLYMPIC FLAME – being lit in Athens later, and flown over for the tour of the UK later. It'll pass through our area on 3rd and 4th July CAR UP A TREE – neighbours of a boy racer in Poland borrowed a crane and put his car at the top of a willow tree to stop him speeding round the local streets. The 24 year old has promised to change his ways, but says his neighbours went too far. Topical tune? Lots of good suggestions, it was Glynis from Stamford's which I played - Stuck In The Middle with You - Stealers Wheel Rob 10:05am on 9 May 2012 AMAZING CLAIRE – after nearly 17 days on the road, Eye Kettleby’s Claire Lomas finished the marathon in a bionic suit yesterday lunchtime. Claire was paralysed in a horse riding accident 5 years ago, and managed between 1 hour and 2 ½ hours each day in the suit. A former Burghley competitor and rider, Claire’s well known to the team at Barrow stables, who went down to London to see her finish the course yesterday. We heard from Ruth Matthews as she waited at the end. As she neared the finish, Claire Lomas stopped to pay tribute to Claire Squires, the hairdresser from Harborough, who didn’t quite manage to complete the 26 miles before her life ended on Marathon Day. Topical tune for Claire Lomas? Lots of good suggestions, but Allen from Uppingham got the winner again with A Walking Miracle from Limmie & The Family Cooking
MEN WHO WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT SHOULD DO IT WITHOUT WOMEN – those who exercise in all male environments lose twice as much weight than those who do it in mixed classes. Researchers found men were more likely to face up to the challenge of losing weight in an all male class
ANTIQUES – yesterday the Road Trip filmed in Rutland. At Swans in Oakham, and Junk & Disorderly in Uppingham, then off to Grantham. The programme featuring our area will be shown sometime in November. Lovely sunny afternoon for it too with their antique red sports car used in the show. We heard from Juan and Peter from Junk & Disorderly as to what was bought from their shop
CAN’T HELP LOVING A GREAT BRITISH ECCENTRIC – the reigning Mayor Of London Boris Johnson is pictured in today’s papers clearly dressing up in silly jogging clothes for the press – back to front crested baggy shorts, odd socks and a logoed T-shirt
ARE MEN VAINER THAN EVER? – beauty salons have reported a two thirds increase in male clients over the last year. Not just haircuts, but hair removal, manicures and tanning sessions are all increasingly popular with men
PUSH THE CLUTCH IN – just had a new car here. They do say ‘familiarise yourself with all the controls before you move off. And I did. Checked the mirrors, gears, pedals, sticks. All fine. Put the key in. Turned it. The lights came on, but no engine. Sat there for 5 mins until I worked out that was the only way the car would start was to put the clutch in, despite it not being in gear!
GRAINSTORE – a chance to win 10 ½ pints of festival cider and a festival glass for the Cider & Sausage Festival which starts on 31st May on today’s Winning Wednesday - well done Brian from Stamford who won today's prizes. More next Wednesday morning
Rob
I’ve been with Rutland Radio since day one, and for most of it waking up Stamford and Rutland. I love helping to start your day, and it’s great to get out and meet the listeners too, so if you’re up to anything special at work or in your free time, let me know. The strangest thing I’ve done here is probably be sent out in a boat blindfolded for the Friday Challenge, the most special is being at all the award ceremonies where we’ve been recognised, and there have been quite a few over the years. I live in Stamford, and I think this is a really special area to live and work in, it’s not just the beautiful surroundings, it’s also the people who live here too, and so many of them listen to us!
