It seems a bit unfair that while all other BBC local radio stations are under instructions from on high to divert their (dwindling) resources to breakfast and mid-morning 'shows', Radio Derby has got the cash to run new local programmes (which you'd think would mean more journalists/producers/newsreaders) all through the evening till 1 in the morning.

Or maybe what they mean by 'local programmes' is some Alan Partridge sound-alike talking bollocks in between endless Michael Buble tracks. And by 'local breaking news' they mean some sad listener ringing in to say "It's snowing outside my house and we haven't seen a gritter since 1947".

What a strange place Derby must be. No 9-to-5 culture, no watching the telly together, just people on their computers wishing they had something to listen to to fill the void...