A former search and rescue pilot is sharing his stories to raise funds for a midlands charity. Retired Commandant Frank Russell has written the book Air Sea and Land Memories and all proceeds will go to LARCC Cancer Support Centre.  After battling cancer in 1998, the Dublin man became a founding member of the Westmeath facility.  He's been sharing his story with Will Faulkner on the Midlands Today Show:

A new public bank to be headquartered in the Midlands and you'll hear how a Mountmellick man is making sure you keep your distance from your co-workers.

A major fundraiser is underway to help an eight year old boy get mobile. David Butler has set up a Go Fund Me page to raise €60,000 to buy a specially adapted wheelchair accessible vehicle for his son.  Bear suffered a stroke at birth, which resulted in him having Cerebral Palsy and he uses a high powered wheelchair. His Dad has been speaking with Will Faulkner on the Midlands Today Show:

The Medical Mile - Join Ann Marie Kelly and Consultant Psychiatrist Henry O Connell on a walking medical history of Portlaoise.

Centuries of history from the Midlands Regional Hospital to St. Fintan's Hospital formerly known as 'Maryborough lunatic Asylum' where PJ Lawlor talks about how care has changed from being institutionalised to community based.

Chatters and Matters - Episode 25 Sunday 18th April by Midlands 103

Who profits most from your private pension? Would you trust the maker of wind turbines to prepare an environmental report on your town? And the Government announces 24 remote working hubs.

An Offaly landlord tells Liam about her wrecked house after a tenant left and the delay in getting her key returned.

One Longford caller's gripe about 'rich people' preaching about austerity to the 'rest of us'..

And...Midlands TDs tell Liam about their 'constructive talks' this week with Bord na Móna CEO Tom Donnellan on the issue of turf cutting rights.

The Friday Feeling - 16th April by Midlands 103

A Westmeath woman nearly missed her chance of becoming the presenter of a tv show after thinking the call from Hollywood was a scam. Real Estate agent Ashlee Casserly, who has been living in the US for almost 20 years, became the host of "Zombie House Flipping" in 2014 after initially dismissing the call from the producer as a fake. The programme sees the Mullingar woman and her team buy, do up and sell abandoned homes in Florida. She's been telling Midlands 103's Sinéad Hubble that while there are no actual zombies in the show she's had to face a lot of other creatures:

How the tourism industry will re-open this Summer, when can you start booking? You'll meet the Laois men creating 120 new jobs and did you know Prince Philip had connections to County Westmeath?