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b'The song I have sent you this week is one that got away\\u2026.it was an idea I came up with a long time ago while wandering through Liverpool\\u2026I was so impressed by some of the buskers\\u2026especially those in the subways where they get natural amplification and reverb\\u2026. And \\u201dSubway Songman\\u201d was born\\u2026these guys play to an ever changing audience of thousands and most of them are better than most so called \\u201cstars\\u201d\\u2026.the words say it all\\u2026I never did much with it so it stayed in my drawer until now\\u2026.I might re-incarnate it.\\n\\nThe Jimmy Savile scandal rolls on and is filling the news\\u2026..the BBC are taking a lot of stick over this\\u2026quite rightly so\\u2026and Tony Blackburn has been sacked over some past indescretion\\u2026I understand it to be not giving correct evidence in times past\\u2026.in other words obstruction\\u2026I think a few more heads will roll on this one\\u2026..what seems to be overlooked is the amount of money Savile raised for charity\\u2026not that this is any sort of excuse but this was probably the reason for the cover up.\\nI always regarded him as a complete talentless buffoon but obviously if he was of financial benefit blind eyes must have been turned \\u2026.I must say it is all quite riveting \\u2026I wonder who will be next\\u2026I bet there are a few knees knocking.\\n\\nI\\u2019ve just got back from a few days in The Lakes\\u2026the weather was great\\u2026frosty with clear skies\\u2026perfect for walking\\u2026on the way back down the M6 motorway as usual cars were hurtling past at ridiculous speeds despite the zero temperature and warning of ice on roads\\u2026.then on the radio comes a report stating that there\\u2019s been a record number of speeding prosecutions involving cars travelling at over 100 mph\\u2026what I fail to understand is why the law doesn\\u2019t come down big time on these idiots\\u2026.fine them thousands of pounds and ban them for life\\u2026problem solved\\u2026.but you will naturally still get the brainless moron who continues to totally disregard the law\\u2026AND the human rights brigade must not be offended of course\\u2026.God forbid\\u2026Or why not re-direct some of the money spent on sending some bloke into space to do summersaults and fill the motorway with speed cameras?\\u2026they would soon make the money back.\\n\\nOther news items have included Richard Branson\\u2019s replacement rocket ship which he intends to take people 60 miles above the Earth\\u2026despite the first one crashing and killing the pilot\\u2026.is it me or is there any point to all this?\\u2026I\\u2019m sure it will be a wonderful experience for the passengers but personally I think they should all be declared insane.\\nAnd the Flying Scotsman has made its first trip since its 10 year makeover\\u2026from London to York\\u2026\\xa3450 a ticket\\u2026and it has caused such a stir that it had to stop because over enthusiastic trainspotters strayed on to the line\\u2026.words fail me\\u2026and one chap set his camera up to capture it going past only to have the historic event blocked by a Virgin train going the other way\\u2026.priceless\\u2026as I said the other week we did an item on it about 12 years ago when I worked on Radio Merseyside\\u2026it was on display in Llangollen and we interviewed the driver on the footplate\\u2026it was HOT\\u2026very HOT!!\\n\\nI watched The Brits on TV last Wednesday\\u2026.it was on the cards that Adele would clean up\\u2026which she did\\u2026.she deserves her superstardom although I\\u2019m not a fan\\u2026.couldn\\u2019t see the point of Ant and Dec and neither could anyone else by the look of the audience\\u2026.and what was Alan Carr doing there?\\u2026.I thought for a minute he was going to sing\\u2026.I was just about to leave town!!\\u2026his squawking voice is enough\\u2026and isn\\u2019t it about musicians?\\u2026the highlight was the Bowie tribute\\u2026.absolutely fabulous band and a classic performance from the young lady called \\u201cLord\\u201d\\u2026.I thought it was sensational and totally stole the show.\\n\\nAnd there has been some very bad news\\u2026.\\u201dBenidorm\\u201d is set for ANOTHER series\\u2026.roll up all you has beens for your free holiday in Espana.'