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Steve Allen's Little Bit Extra.

Morning everybody, welcome along to your free podcast for today, Monday, the 25th of January.

Six days to go until you've got to pay your tax.

There's the exciting bit of the news.

The other bit of exciting news was the fact that the snow came down.

In fact, by about 11 o'clock yesterday morning, we were knee-deep in the stuff.

I mean, it was coming down like rain.

It was absolutely phenomenal.

And I suddenly thought, well, I'm going to snip out and get a few bits and pieces.

And so I went out to get some spaghetti carbonara, which I had yesterday.

Which is okay.

I mean, it's not my most exciting food.

You just stick it in a saucepan, heat it up.

And we were need to... And of course, loads of people out on the street with their kids. Nobody wearing masks.

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