IT’S February, the nights are drawing out, and already the shelves are filled with tempting chocolate eggs. We’d eat five in one go when we were kids and never put on weight. It must have been all of the ‘Acky – one – two – three’ shenanigans. I enjoyed some retail therapy in Solihull and Sutton Coldfield last weekend and didn’t see one shopper wearing pyjamas! Of course while one supermarket imposed a dress code encouraging customers to refrain from wearing slippers and jim-jams, another was looking for a couple to get married at theirs. Don’t get the two confused and wear night clothes at your nuptials! So do you think it’s a good idea to get hitched in a supermarket? Well there’s a choice of aisles, a ready-made buffet, a tannoy for the announcements and of course once there’s a new baby on the way, you can always go back and have a scan at the till! We all need a story to make us smile amidst the sadness in the news right now. Did you see the pictures coming out of Haiti of the 16-year-old – pulled alive from the rubble after over two weeks? It’s nothing short of a miracle. With Simon Cowell’s gathering of stars version of ‘Everybody Hurts’ out next week and the British public already pledging tens of millions, one positive thing coming out of this disaster is the proof that people are essentially good. UB40’s new album Labour of Love IV is out this week and the guys joined me on the Smooth Drive Home. Robin told me he’s very excited about the new material since they are covers of songs they grew up listening to. The band exclusively revealed that they have enough tracks to record Labour of Love V so watch this space. | 
