Steve Penk rushed to hospital

I have posted before re: Mr Penk's takeover of 96.2 The Revolution and so far, so good from what I have heard but I bet some people who have been victims of his famous prank phone calls are feeling slightly smug after the poor man fell victim to kidney stones recently.

He was rushed to hospital on friday morning and will be unable to do his morning breakfast show for a while but I'm sure he will soon be back on the air when he is fit enough to do so!

Apparently, the radio station sent out a press release about the issue and it is good to hear that people were wishing him well as I bet kidney stones hurt...

Going a bit off topic = I am awaiting the results of the NCTJ Newswriting and PA exams (Local and Central Government) after taking them at the University of Salford on Tuesday and Wednesday last week.

I had already failed Newswriting by four marks (or per cent) so lets hope when I find out on the 22nd December - make or break xmas - that I will be in a good mood.

While at Uni me and a few fellow students grew to be wary of this examination body and its power over the industry, especially how CRITICAL the qualifications are despite the obvious bonus they have.

And to my shock on the local gov exam paper question two they made a howler that anyone would be proud of. You see, it is supposed to be a choice of 16 local government-related key terms of which you have to answer 10 - fair enough I hear you say...

...however the exam paper saw only 14 key terms for us to choose from and one was the same one! Technically making 13 - shocking for an industry supported examination council.

But, in fairness, they have admitted their mistake and said that their markers will take it into account which is as good as they can do but the mistake really shouldn't have been made in the first place should it? Ahh well thats just how life rolls around some times isn't it and I do feel slightly sorry for the person who put that paper together as I don't think they would have had a good time recently!