Rugby FM

Download this audio or install Adobe Flash Player to use our player.

When was the last time you got really excited about something, and what was it? I'm very excited about my laminated flooring today! For the last year I have put off getting a new kitchen floor but today I finally get my new floor fitted and I'm well excited... I've gone for small white mosaic style tile and I can't wait to see the transformation - I don't think I've been this excited since I got my new kitchen cupboards - It's the simple things that get me going, somebody hold me down! What gets you going?
Jamie Travel got excited when Anastasia Dobromyslova beat Vincent Van Der Voort in the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton last year!
Sandy from Coventry - Got excited when he got his bonus last year.
Kevin caught a 14 pound carp fishing yesterday, he was very excited!
Jo in Clifton went up in a helicopter last month and flew over Princess Ann's house.

Goodluck to everyone receiving their GCSE results today...



CURRY'S COUNTDOWN...

All this week on the breakfast show, we’re giving you the chance to win some great prizes... Play the 'Currys Countdown Competition’ to win... an Ipod nano, George Foreman grill, Mario Cart Game for the Wi, DVD Player and a Netbook laptop computer worth over £200. You'll have twenty seconds to guess the exact price of the daily prize...
To enter, get in touch now... Text your name to 87474 (RUG) Or you can Email... rugbyfm.co.uk. Come along on Saturday 28th August to collect your prize, as we broadcast live from the shop. To celebrate the opening of the new 2 in 1 Currys and PC World Superstore play the 'Curry's Countdown' for a chance to win.


NEWSPAPERS...

Independant... Rescuers in Chile are preparing to keep dozens of miners entombed deep inside a gold and copper mine supplied with food, water and medicine during the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out.

Financial Times... Britain's industrial safety watchdog has launched a programme of more "intrusive investigations" of oil spills in the wake of new figures that reveal a sharp increase in the number of major leaks.

Guardian... Says pupils who do less well in their GCSEs face being squeezed out of further education as colleges snap up higher-performing students.

Mail... Reports that cancer sufferers are being denied a miracle drug that is available in almost every country in the Western world.
Metro... Sunshine can help beat cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and other diseases.

Rugby Advertiser... A man was robbed and head-butted while walking down Bilton Road during the early hours of Friday. The 19 year old victim was walking home alone from town along Bilton Road. As he neared Lidl at around 1.30am, he was approached by a man asking for a £1. Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.


SHOWBIZ NEWS...

Josie is the hot favourite to win tonight's Big Brother final, she's up against four guys to claim the last ever title.

Coronation Street's William Roache says his late wife Sara would have been delighted by his real-life sons' arrival on the cobbles. The actor will appear with the couple's sons James and Linus. They'll play Ken's long-lost son and grandson next month. Sara died suddenly last year from a heart condition.

The Queen is set to be among the emotional fans turning in for the final Last of the Summer wine on Sunday. Peter Sallis - who has played Clegg for 37 years - has revealed that the Queen is a regular viewer. Peter, who is also the voice of Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit films, will say the final line on Sunday - "Did I lock the door?"