Security was high around Phoenix FM today as we welcomed my mystery VIP celebrity guest to the studio – Father Christmas. No pictures were allowed by his security elves. So here’s one of me in my Elf hat.
It was a great honour to have the big man in the studio again (even if he was a bit late!)
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Also on today’s show –
Organised crime groups have been using false number plates to fly-tip waste on an unprecedented scale, a council leader has claimed.
An Egyptian mug from 2,000 years ago was last used to serve up a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, according to ground-breaking research.
Sir Elton John said he has been unable to watch the stage show he wrote the music for due to losing his eyesight.
Two of the East of England’s rail operators will be among the first to be taken back into public ownership, following a recent change in the law.
Song for Daphne – Little Donkey is a popular Christmas song, written by British songwriter Eric Boswell in 1959, which describes the journey by Mary the mother of Jesus to Bethlehem on a donkey.
The first version to chart was by Gracie Fields, followed a fortnight later by The Beverley Sisters, who overtook her in the charts by Christmas, peaking at No 14. A recording by Nina & Frederik reached No. 3 the following Christmas.
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