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March 2016 Blog Posts

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Take a #Taddy

30th March 2016

Ben has been to Tadcaster to encourage you to take a #Taddy and win £100 to spend in Tadcaster...

This morning we spoke to a business owner in Tadcaster about bringing business in to the town...

 

Political showbiz

This morning Ben sailed close to the wind with some David Cameron Rhyming Showbiz...

More chances to win Vue cinema tickets with Tele-oke from 6am with Ben.

 

 

Posted by Ben at 11:51am

Budget reaction

23rd March 2016

Our resident financial expert Julie Wilson from PenLife Associates has given us her reaction to the budget.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:21pm

Landlord news

23rd March 2016

Tough times ahead for landlords and we get the latest buy to let news from Melanie at Mega Letting.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:06pm

Egg deliveries

23rd March 2016

Very exciting today at Minster Towers as we started egg deliveries for the 2016 Easter Egg Appeal...

Posted by Ben at 12:53pm

Beth McCarthy live

22nd March 2016

This morning Big Ian and Beth McCarthy were in the studio to promote their charity gig A Night To Remember at the Barbican on Thursday, hoping to raise £15k for St Leonard's Hospice and dementia charities in York. Beth even gave us a taster for the gig...

 

Tom Hanx

Could Tom Hanks be any more amazing? He is now using his twitter as a lost and found service and signing off Hanx! He was the subject of this mornings Rhyming Showbiz...

 

Salt water, poo and love

All hot topics this morning as Ben gargled salt, there was a poo in a pool and Gayle's little girl Neve is in love!!!!

Gayle and Ben are back at 6.30am with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

 

Posted by Ben at 1:04pm

Flying Scotsman

17th March 2016

Thanks to the team at North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Gayle and Ben had a fantastic time on board Flying Scotsman and it was a magic moment when she arrived in to Grosmont...

Next it was time to set off...

And passing through Goathland was a special moment...

Gayle and Ricky are back on air from 6.30am on Friday with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

Posted by Ben at 11:42am

Apprentice interview

16th March 2016

Back to Bistro Guy as Gayle faces an interview with Guy the boss to try and be his next apprentice as part of National Apprenticeship Week with York College...

 

Singing Showbiz

For the 2nd day running Gayle was singing on Rhyming Showbiz...

Gayle and Ben back with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

Posted by Ben at 10:04am

Apprentice action

15th March 2016

All this week Gayle is trying to become an apprentice for National Apprentice Week, how is she getting on?

 

Cheltenham quiz

Day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival and Gayle has done a fab horse related quiz...

 

Singing showbiz

Possible the best ever Rhyming Showbiz as Gayle sang 3 Abba songs...

Gayle and Ben are back talking about the Flying Scotsman from 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 10:36am

Ask a question day

14th March 2016

Today is International ask a question day, so Gayle did a quiz with a difference...

 

Two for the price of one

Gayle went crazy this morning and did two poems for Rhyming Showbiz and she wasn't happy with either of them...

 

National Apprenticeship Week

All this week Gayle and Ben are trying to be apprentices with the help of York College and the team at Bistro Guy on Gillygate...

Gayle and Ben are back with more Vue cinema tickets to be won at 6.30am.

 

 

Posted by Ben at 2:38pm

Flood drama

11th March 2016

Ben has had a dramatic flood at home and turned it in to a little quiz on Facebook...

And weirdly it is World Plumbers Day and Gayle did a brill quiz...

 

Brexit Showbiz

Gayle got all political on Rhyming Showbiz...

Gayle and Ben are back on Monday morning at 8.15am with a big announcement!

Posted by Ben at 10:41am

Gayle goes rural

10th March 2016

This morning Gayle fulfilled her first big ambition before hitting 40 and drove a tractor with Jim from Selby Young Farmers...

She loved it so much she didn't want to get out...

So what will Gayle want to do next, find out tomorrow from 8am.

Posted by Ben at 11:35am

Tractor Time

10th March 2016

This morning we heard all about Gayle driving a tractor, it was all very exciting...

We were a bot worried that once she started she would never stop...

Thanks to Jim and the guys at Selby Young Farmers Club who made Gayle's tractor dram come true!

What will she try next before she reaches 40, find out tomorrow morning after 8am??

 

Posted by Ben at 11:31am

Trumping

9th March 2016

Breaking news this morning as Gayle admits to trumping regularly...

 

Ben is back

This morning Ben was back after two days of pretending to be ill...

 

Kim K again

Well naked Kim can't keep out of the news so @gayleoninterweb gave her the Rhyming Showbiz treatment this morning...

Gayle and Ben back with more Vue cinema tickets to be won at 6.30am.

 

 

Posted by Ben at 11:09am

Movie rematch

4th March 2016

This morning Gayle and Ben had a movie quiz rematch after Gayle lost last week and shock horror...Ben won again!

 

Hip out

Gayle managed to show her age yesterday by nearly putting her hip out...

 

Union J drama

Gayle was all over the big showbiz story of the day in Rhyming Showbiz...

Gayle and Ben are back on Monday at 6.30am with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

Posted by Ben at 2:19pm

Crime writers

4th March 2016

Gayle meets crime writers RC Bridgestock to find out more about turning crime in to a page turning best seller.

Posted by Minster FM at 11:16am

National Anthem quiz

3rd March 2016

Gayle produced a brill National anthem quiz for National Anthem Day...

 

An apology

A correction was required this morning that really surprised Gayle...

 

Charlie Dimmock

This mornings Rhyming Showbiz had a gardening theme...

Gayle and Ben are back at 6.30am looking for another Star Of The Week.

 

Posted by Ben at 2:15pm

Spring DIY advice

2nd March 2016

Ben has been to meet the team at Coopers of Pickering to get advice on DIY projects for Spring.

Posted by Minster FM at 11:03am

Tractor time for Gayle

2nd March 2016

It turns out Gayle wants to drive a tractor before she is 40...

And Jim the young farmer might be able to make Gayle's dream come true...

 

Best advice

Ben was asking for the best advice you have ever received this morning...

Gayle and Ben are back at 6.30am with Gayle falling over stuff, all will be revealed tomorrow.

Posted by Ben at 9:58am

A Night To Remember

1st March 2016

All this week Gayle and Ben are giving away tickets to A Night To Remember at York Barbican on March 24th, Big Ian is the man behind the event and has been in to the studio to tell is all about it...

 

Katie Price singing

AGGHHHHHH Katie Price has a horrible voice and Gayle and Ben were torturing you this morning...

 

Rhyming Showbiz

Gayle went for a greatest hits round up of today's stories including a mention for the York Theatre Royal Panto with tickets going on sale today...

Gayle and Ben back at 6.30am with more Vue cinema tickets to be won on Tele-oke.

 

 

Posted by Ben at 10:07am

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