Number one for 4 weeks say in 990 deg be good to me Bates International and Lindy Leighton a it's 1 o'clock. In Lincoln and. Gainsborough b.b.c. Radio. And where the lunchtime news his barber Stimpson the headlines is lunchtime ultimatums ignored in Russian spy Rao visions economy is in better shape than expected I am pleased to report today to the house on a u.k. Economy that has grown it every year since 20 times and on the trail a village flight Supposin the county I was appalled to see all these time stretching from Black playing all the way to the corner of Dartington and it's a really mean spirited act the weather sunny spells 11 degrees. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will ignore a bit a shelter might seem to explain by tonight how a former Russian spy segue and his daughter came to be attacked in Salzburg with a Soviet era nerve agent missile of offset Britain had not even that Russia's experts examined the cap and the chemical Moscow has summoned the British ambassador other countries have backs Pearson as Jonathan Marcus reports whatever London they decide to do its impact will be significantly greater if it's part of a wide a campaign of concerted action against Moscow the foreign secretary Boris Johnson says that is beating current. By the willingness of friends to show support and solidarity the u.s. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has said that the United States has full confidence in Britain's assessment that Russia was likely to be responsible for the European Union says that it will support Britain in its response to the nerve agent attack responding to questions from the b.b.c. The Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov insisted that the allegations were all rubbish or that Russia had nothing to do with the incident at all the chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the government's 1st spring statement setting out what he says is a positive economic outlook he's told M.P.'s that debt is falling borrowing is down and the economy is continuing to grow but he warned that he wouldn't be reckless where the public finances we will continue to deliver a balanced approach balancing debt reduction against the need for investment in Britain's future support to hard working families through lower taxes and our commitment to our public services a man who walks naked along a Lincolnshire beaches been sentenced young Grindle was detained by a holidaymaker at chapel sent Lennon's last May The 54 year old from Hope in North Wales admitted a charge of indecency the 54 year old has been given a 3 month jail sentence suspended for 15 months the i.c. Says Lincoln jazz district councils need to look at how they hand out parking tickets they show in link and 80 percent of appeals against fines are successful the national average is 40 percent the leader of the city of Lincoln Council that Metcalf says most problems a caused by drivers not displaying their tickets correctly very simple if you've displayed the ticket no problem if you haven't We have to issue a penalty notice because you're not displaying a ticket that that's the offense not not displaying if we subsequently find that you bought a 3rd party accidental reasons it wasn't display. 10 minutes for goodness sake we're reasonable was a violent attack there's anger in Lincolnshire over the bin collections following the snow some villages in parts of East Lindsey So they haven't had theirs emptied for several weeks the normally connected by teams from Boston by a council they were thought to there says it will catch up on areas missed from today now you're being asked to report a prolific flights in Lincolnshire around 40 Thai as a being dumped every couple of months at Donington near Lincoln Julian bell from the parish council says a suspect is being done by the same people they've dumped in various roadways you know entrances pharma sentences along the road before but this one just stretched for 2 thirds of the a mile it really was and Mena. In the past half an hour President Trump has removed his secretary of state Rex Tillerson recent report suggested the president wanted to reshuffle his national security team ahead of negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear program. Hawk pies and try Sickles have been taken out of the basket of goods used to measure price rises Go Pro cameras are in and ready made mashed potato has been put back on the list is our personal finance commerce pundit summing Gompertz every year official statisticians try to catch up with our changing tastes and habits along with a pork pie eating cheese or defining food of the 1970 s. Is out while Kesha goes into the basket for calculating the inflation rate along with mash the now the mash is chilled rather than dried a sit upon wheels toy replaces the traditional tri sickle women's sports leggings and body moisturiser added but larger body night clubs features no longer a sign of the times in technology action cameras like Go Pros now have a place camcorders are finally discarded most people just using their phones where they sport here's Michael Bolton Manchester United manager Joe say Marino says his side aren't amongst the best teams in this season's Champions League however he believes that if they beat Seville tonight to reach the quarterfinals that anything can happen in the latter stages of the competition the 2 sides drew the 1st leg of their last 16 tie a male male Romo's Shakhtar Donetsk in tonight's other toy the Ukrainian side lead to one from the 1st leg for one hole and what for boss Marcos Silver is the favorite to replace Maria pelligrino at Southampton Great Britain have their 4th medal of the Winter Paralympics after a 2nd for me that Fitzpatrick she took silver in the women's and visually impaired super combined along with her guide Jen. Andy Murray could make his return from a hip injury at one of the 2 new indoor events in Britain later this spring and the Cheltenham Festival gets underway later rain ahead of the festival means the conditions are likely to be the most testing for more than 30 years they said Gallagher has the weather always give one r.t. Shout to start the after name but they'll fade away and with the increasing amounts of the. Returning from the West to end the day gentle westerly winds and temperature has got about 10 maybe 11 degrees 11 is 55 hight say dry through this evening and even ice for the long spells light winds us again to allow widespread ground for us as the temperature drops but close to freezing tomorrow is going to be a dry day repays he said he spells a freshening wind in temperatures around 11 or 12 to graze Thursday stars dry Bill cloud a vote with rain spotting northwest through the after day in and then we'll have a chilly easterly wind what is going to call the by Saturday we're looking at the possibility of some sleet and snow showers at chilly easterly wind and temperatures any around 3 maybe 4 degrees us the tee $95.00 height of the top story this lunchtime the Russian foreign minister says Moscow will ignore a British ultimatum over the Salzburg spy attack b.b.c. Video Lincolnshire news 7 minutes past. Still Standing on b.b.c. Right a Lincoln he's saying barking on his farewell tour isn't a 3 year it's going to take him to say goodbye I don't yet know where he's coming in the u.k. But it's a high play he'll come back to Lincolnshire so we can say before like I always tell you my wall on the one time I saw form live it was cut short 3 to wins on Blackpool so you fronts a height fillet he comes back and I get to see him before we're right 3 until the end Good afternoon habe you well coming up on the show he's what's on price grams like Top Of The Pops Terry in June last of the Summer Wine Heidi Hi The list is endless and naturals Garland coming to Lincolnshire with his shadow about his labrador how fake he'll be in the county later this month that with you in the next few minutes also in bad news did anyone else see the little robin dotting around test case Rat be right store last night so having a whale of a time a story he was in the bread aisle last time I saw you enjoying him self that I think you dip into the drinks aisle as well at one point. In little glimpses as I walked around today and I thought 0 one else saw him more to come on that so 1st of all there let's have a bit of Blondie and House of glass. A nice Batman with a very good. Long day and the hot sun all last see on this need to be busy right darling can check out agreeing with you through the afternoon of my next guest has been involved with absolutely iconic programs on t.v. Of the year. The pull Daniels magic show Terry and June Heidi hi and I would like but he comes to Lincolnshire comes to with conveys the broadband theater that later this month the way the his shy once upon a Labrador an evening of humor with Charles Garland and Alfie the dog and I'm joined by Charles wade though without Al Fayed Giles Oh yes he's here as well. A lot of labor away. What's he doing he's just asked to go out slick so. He'll have to stay put out we come here. He's recently had his lunch and been a. Lot only in my coming to Lincolnshire later this month I'm coming later this week by. The 17th Yes pretty and there's that when you going to be in waiting Bay I'm coming to the vast sprawling metropolis that is where can be pretty good stuff well we'll talk about you say I'm just worried about our faith it's going to be and it's not a negative requirement said no no it's Redwood. Once upon a Labrador if we start with that based on a book of whimsical vests that you've written my lap or do each pay you to type all . My books the dog does this wow so I. First of all tell us about how. Well he is just a Labrador He joins me on stage some of the time most of the time actually goes out into the audience and wanders around gets to know everyone which I'm under no illusion nobody comes to see me they all come to meet Alfie and he's very sociable and goes around and sniffs everybody in town has a chat in the past and is very contented and once of the world they wander off stage is terribly funny was what So the things of you were in the ballsy that in your book well it all started off because because of this propensity that Labradors and other dogs have for sniffing and eating unmentionables. The publisher loves the title. It's the way we are supposed snappier than my Labrador has Coprophagia which doesn't quite triple the tongue so easily does it but if I were to capture these. Holmes and what do you use the p. Word doesn't usually use poems because it implies something clever and cerebral Percy's and my good friend and colleague in 'd arms. The the one I'm only extraordinary Rick Wakeman was doing a charity show and asked me if he was putting together a program asked me if I'd go along because he knew that I don't stop talking and would I go along and do a bit for him but this charity so I did and included a couple of these verses as I'd written another truth he said they went down rather well why don't you write more of them so simple yes I suppose so and he said he was going to start publishing company with his wife which he did and the 1st book they published was this one sense has just recently come out and it is called My laboratories Po apologies to sensitivities especially if you're having a lunch just now no idea trying to pass them on but they say that is the title and very stark I will sympathise I'm sure you poor origine or your wife did it to help you keep fit what sort of regime of you got without will we do we do these 2 miles of the elfin I have done right from the word go and he he is pretty eccentric actually does sorts of strange things but like like any dog owner will have lots of stories of what they do or they don't always write them down in verse which is what I do I start off with whatever he does seems to spark something in my brain and I rise verse down sometimes I have to Baelish the end a little bit because it's no good saying it was hilarious Lee funny and then the didn't do anything else that would require So I just just to kind of tweak the end sometimes but it's fun for the audience and I hope. Will come because you can try and work out where the truth ends and the fiction begins Absolutely and you mentioned Rick Reitman he's Sol say providing music for the CIA is it demand yes he he wrote We did the Odio person of the book which isn't actually out yet but will be soon and he said I think we would have something in between your verses you know one finish and the next one starts and so he wrote a selection of little sort of pianistic twiddly valves and they come in between on the on the and I said Can I use those in the stage show and he said yes of course he did so. Yes Wakeman originals can be heard sed work and beautiful well let's talk a bit more about your your life no stranger to the stage you know it's done all sorts of things would have a quick break for travel find out what's happening on the county's rights and we'll come back and have another chat. B.b.c. Radio. One is that he by side when the price break a Feria so because of what's on the I think stage. And was likely not is the ball junction he's making the 50 incredibly. The right to. Life on Lincoln right as Wiley said temper lies in the right place which was sponsible full of ice to life doesn't keep me through the scent is all them. For the bypass of an old to slay fit because. You know atoms and this mall in half an hour. Lincolnshire moving 158751 double sakes. The cycle on the baby say bottles of arrived only a culture remain survives the still in the gate to shop to leaving since you seemed you will break some file. 666 that's a road the final 3 games to go you need to stay strong to say oh this is we'll stay small and. We can sell followed by less to Chelsea Sunday from one so that's a. Unit. That. Was. The king Sol day and all of the night b.b.c. Write a linkage account of grey net with the 3 the afternoon hate you well I'm joined today by Charles Garland writes and compile is a television producer and director coming to a Wiccan baby on Saturday with his shy wants a Paul a Labrador and even if he met with Al Fayed the dog. He is with child this afternoon always by your side Giles indeed is yes and has been since he was a pup when Hello How old is he now well he's 9 he's he's. Been almost a lifetime together he's he's he's enter entering his late middle age with dignity and fortitude Oh and sees it. In a stranger to the stage because he started your performing career. Say the word invading of the theater that. Let you say thank you as a dancer in a musical How did your life in the to begin Yes I was a very sure dancer. My 1st career choice was to be a classical ballet dancer and I trained and was promised to place the role of ballet school when I was 15 on condition I grew 2 inches and. Levels the first 'd career down the chute So anyway I did eventually become a doctor I went to drama school in Birmingham my 1st job was. Said in a musical quick quick slow all about ballroom dancing how absolutely up to the minute is that I mean it's very strict Korea's net yeah come around doesn't it yeah and then I went on and did this stuff the other day all the sort of things that young actors do and eventually sort of came to the conclusion that maybe not that a night could act so I changed hands and did all sorts of other things but you were the Elvis because well at one point in that career that you had always I think it's great expectations. Yes that was fun that was that was quite a nice want to go out on I thought you know. People say was the last thing you did say those. We'll. Sounds good doesn't it sounds better than saying I did a schools tour in North Wales and. Now you find anything wrong with that if that's what you know. What year it was that you were at the in that it is a long time ago. Last let's not talk about the a word and I was a while ago but then I joined the b.b.c. And had a fabulous time working my way through I literally in week 2 the 1st week I was with Paul Daniels rehearsing something with him the 2nd week I was on location on the Essex coast with Heidi Hi I made friends with all of those people including the wonderful and unique David Croft The Who was the producer writer director and all of that and I sort of stuck with them a long time a wound up working literally making that on Harvey high for a week on location and then worked my way up till I was the producer of his last com which was called. Dr Beeching which of course was the row was really remarkable to see you weren't on site is such a sleepy sir as well you did 3 Royal Variety Show as well what you did with that I will. Reasonably menial tasks is to always welled up as as production manager on the last one which meant I was alive to the knowledgeable logistics of everything good fun Mr Kendall the course the ring and one fantastic man I was wondering about whether we can be would mind if I did a tribute to candles on Saturday and continue the performance until Sunday lunch. I'm sure they wouldn't ride our theme I think perhaps we were. Not going to do that everybody who is coming and I hope you all know we won't be doing but yes I. It was a lovely thing to work on Rover artist because you get to meet a huge number of people quite quickly and that's that's very pleasant for the Legends I mean people I think to blogger who young people haven't heard of anymore but working with him and with his people introducing you know just come on and just introduce the next performer and that's great fun and wonderful people and in that respect it's a spade Simla says your stint as director of Top Of The Pops is Wow Yes that was nice is the very 1st Top of the Pops I directed will coincide with the very 1st number one hit so that close the show of a little known group who did what with like who was the solo Oh I can't remember the name they just did lots of other fellow went on to write things and be on the program with Andrew Lloyd Webber and things like there's a little bit of that funny you should say that here yes that was their 1st number one and it was my 1st shows it was great and memorable Yeah and now they've had the Bee Gees and also people love it what memories you must have the same the stories you could you could go on until Sunday lunchtime if you're saying I'm sure you've got side of the story you mentioned wanted to do sneaky and I must admit evades and David Croft working with him on Hardy highway you rang Lord say that what was it like working with him just fabulous and he was he was a quiet man and observe he'd sit for prefer preferably you know slightly behind someone else and just watch what went on and listening and that was the case as a writer which is what he was really essentially a great writer and he would just pick up on dialogue and ideas and he was he was a wonderful low are one thing. We've finished the last show I sort of continued as his ad hoc assistant right up until his pass ghastly and I sort of produced is memorial service. Some marched in the fields church in London which the wonderful Rick Wakeman arranged all the 6 tunes with all the lyrics the choir of Martin in the fields sang the more lute do you think you was that of this that it was well known that they were you know it was an amazing occasion everybody was there and last the summer wind us and that you did you get to Gates actually on location to to these programs again I mean that was only donning settings that I have a wine that was good fun the. People often ask you know who's who is the nicest person you have a world with all the knowledge as I never answer the because there really weren't very many but the nicest person they say well who is the most memorable person you ever worked with and I have to say as thorough heard who was the most darling lovely person you could ever meet it's absolutely wonderful and the incredible flow . I have to say between you and me and our listeners that there was a time generally to put a hand on my knee but we weren't and we were complaining to the police about that one. When she was wonderful lady. And they say today they made the right they used to. Do you think but it's hard to say isn't it because retrospect as a clever saying Looking back on all the great stars of yesteryear it's easy to see how wonderful they were but I'm sure that some of the new people coming along will be looked upon as favorably in years to come. No you might not you might be right but sadly was the golden era Well we will see yes. You know I must admit that the old anecdote does creep in and some of the sort of stories about being on location with David Croft and the people that we were with are in my show as well so some things that people didn't know about the family can you believe the rest still things is the 50th anniversary on the 31st of July this if 50000 of us through the 1st episode of duds are making out and they believe because you re edited. Some of that don't you know what was that yeah that was that was a strange thing the b.b.c. At the time were very keen on having exactly a 29 minutes lot for a comedy and so therefore some of the families that were made for well some of the 3132 minutes. From now it was the very kind of duration and so. They rang they've across and said we'd like them all to be 29 minutes can we reduce them. And he said on the one condition that the person that does the job is dominated and that person fortunately was and so I I didn't that so I don't operate the equipment I just work it all out in that Vance and make sure that you haven't cut out the. Build up to cut out a single character whose article one line is something that would be very mean and brought all remaining $78.00 episodes down to 29 minutes so you know that the night has obvious by what. I've seen each episode about 40 times. Last week we originally lost more but we rediscover them was still the right the episodes made and we have $78.00 of them which are still doing the rounds and still no springs of goals 10 is one of the thing We Date Night Man that's. One thing they're not over right in the opening titles of our Dad's Army but you have the arrows and all that sort of stuff across the German front but in the closing titles where you have been watching you can picture of all the main cost. They were known as the magnificent 7 the 7 principal characters all marching along the nationalize that canyon with their helmets on the. Private wall without a fag in his hand and all of that but one of them has the gun the wrong way round instead of holding it Britain's right hand he's holding it left handed which is actually for the British Army is looked down upon You're not allowed to do that if you are left handed you have to learn to shoot with the right and there's just this private Godfrey who has the gun the other way around looking for it when you next see it. And everybody was curious to know why it was. And I can tell you the answer solitary the answer yet. Arnold Ridley played private Godfrey was in the 2nd world war and cause an injury he got shrapnel in his left shoulder or arm for up of 4 and he couldn't lift his his his arm. Is left arm higher than his shoulder so therefore to hold the gun in is the correct way around with necessitate having his left arm very high so David Cross over part of the other way round so is left hand is down there is waist and the right hand is holding the stock of the rifle and that's why how interesting thank you a lot of a lot of people thought it was an implication he lived with his 2 sisters was his job as the person who dressed the window in the local men's wear shop and that was that was suspicious but there was nothing to do with that at all it was simply that they have a cough very generously didn't want them all to be uncomfortable for any and was stories you must have Giles and I'd love to keep you all said so the end of the show but we'll hear all of those stories and more on Saturday when you find the it's a. Weird convey Once upon a Labrador an evening if you move it tells Garland and Alfie the dog and we still like a still he's actually under sit next to me is on the city next to me now so if you know and love me well thank you so much for chatting this afternoon tiles it's been a pleasure thank you very much pleasure to talk to you thank you Giles God in that who's written a book scuse the title my laboratory to pay you as taken extracts from that book and he's going to take him to the stage and we can be poor but the it's a music from Whiteman as well as if you see in the book is got some gorgeous in the strange and as well by Harry bending a cartoon in. But the shy on the 17th of March this Saturday starts a half past 7 tickets available for that theater in which if you'd like to go I. Want a career is had working great Heidi Hi I'm alive. Last of the summer why the list to add less it was an interesting guy is coming up to 20 minutes to take. If I can have you baby see right a Lincoln share before that you had me and Mrs Jay in said Billy pole coming up after to I'm going to give you the chance to win a copy of this gorgeous book that I have in my hands and say. That look it's a Georgian heroine the intriguing life of a Rachel Charlotte Williams big city really is an intriguing life a truly amazing lady she didn't conform to the standard expectations of children women all my stranger than fiction in the story and how life goes from tragic heroine to in trap it's by taking in the French Revolution and a royal jubilee along the way as well I'm going to be speaking to the authors Sarah Madden and Joanne major after 2 o'clock by thrum Lincolnshire and Bella tell us a bit more about Sahara and their reset shift to to get to writing this book but I have a copy of it in my hand and you have a chance to to when that after 2 o'clock today. Also I mentioned the robin in the rag Tesco store I've never seen it before in my life never see a little bird in the supermarket and it did look very sweet so you are pleased to know that everything was Ok ended well the Robin was so released you had about water the water and water the word pigeon on William show yesterday the lady who was looking after him missed so other bad news Helen who was on a reception it was worried because she hadn't seen the robin in her garden for a while she did you know me sees little robin there comes to visit her and she'd been discussing this and say she was big concern because she'd not seen him for weeks and wondered where we'd got to and they get Helen if you listening that might be the answer the robin is now flying around Tess case doing a bit of shopping having a wait of the time it was in the bread Department on the bread aisle when I 1st saw him just sitting on the top of a baby high up in the store kept darting around picking at crumbs so again later on in the drink Sile not the alcoholic and it was the the soft drink and whether lemonade Coca-Cola drinks are he was there and bit later on back in the bread aisle so you've just hopping around I don't know if you saw him will Robin in Tesco I haven't seen that before very sweet so much as Batman wasn't with a Batman wasn't with him very good day so they get a little more more bad news we may have another bird story tomorrow depends depends what happens get in touch as well with your favorite album that's coming up in the next hour we're going to have another song from Roxy Music playing this for Phil in Lincoln and it's for your pleasure the album this week so we'll have another song from that I got a message from college is sleeve for just stick that in before Fine that was happening on the county's roads about Dad's Army of course because we were chatting to Charles Charles Garland who is coming to Wycombe bay with his show. He's coming with. His Labrador he's written once upon a Labrador and an evening of humor with him and his dog butts before that he did all sorts of stuff for with the b.b.c. Played in working on shows like last summer one hardly high level and. Colin says Dad saw me there's often a picture of Lincoln cathedral on the wall of Captain Mannering office I think I was a fan of the city and the county there we go another little fact about that Thank you Colleen for getting it such Let's find out what's happening on linkage his rights with a travel b.b.c. Radio Lincolnshire travel. Place a looking pretty busy Iran price break a to the south of Lincoln this temper lights on a $15.00 slated right at the bowl Junction which is White Mates ground to write a 6 a 7 say the slate would write London write the grant the right kind of have a new Lincoln write are all incredibly slimy thing as a result of the restrictions on the I 50 than I meant at the bike costs and is made while a link in a delightsome i.q. Well that he would try a new look and grant them all looking fine as well but it isn't many kids around to home castle all out at you heading towards the east traffic meeting while on a 52 and the I want 5. Times and a small in half an hour to help keep Lincolnshire moving cool I want to find double to 8751 double sinks. To 5 double 12 and when you text it's one triple 3 that message l. And we all on Twitter if you are a Twitter we are b.b.c. Radio links you can email. 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