Ken Livingstone has been writing restaurant reviews in America. You can tell his plate. It's the one with the far left-overs.

There are to be two-tier fare increases on the railways. Many people predicted privatisation would all end in tears . . .

Environmentalists are concerned at the alien species appearing in Britain's waters, such as the greater rusted shopping trolley!

There's a bizarre craze for celebrities to wear yellow sunglasses. Of course, if us lesser mortals can't afford some, all we need is to get an old pair of NHS specs and cover them in a wrapper from a Lucozade bottle.

Incidentally, whenever I see a bottle of Lucozade, I always think of Rossy. Talk about posh - he even has Lucozade in his fridge when nobody's sick.

Trainee keyhole surgeons are getting to grips with modern hospital technology by playing computer games. I think I'd wait to be operated on by the one whose Tamagotchi lives longest . .

This week, I have tickets for a family of four to have a free day out at Granada Studios in Manchester to see Coronation Street and a whole host of other TV attractions.

To be in with a chance of winning, send the answer to the following question with your name and address to: Granada comp (Internet), Preston Citizen, 3 Winckley Court, Chapel Street, Preston, PR1 3JJ. Closing date for entries is October 24 and the editor's decision is final.

Who was the landlady of the Rovers Return before Vera Duckworth?

Catch Kev Seed every weekday 6 to 9.30am on Rock FM

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