Radio times 5

[IgnatiusR]

9D First lady to fiddle claimable home (8,5)
13D Bad weather breaks up noisier megaphone (10)
18ASeat from dilapidated Lancaster dwelling (9,4)

[ladyalex]

9d Michelle Obama (anagram)

[grasscarp]

13d Loudhailer?

[ladyalex]

18a Ancestral Home ?

[ladyalex]

Hi grasscarp. How you doing ?
And the lovely grandchildren ?

[grasscarp]

very good LadyAlex!

[ladyalex]

Excellent.
Luca and .......don't know the name of the second one......

[grasscarp]

Fantastic thank you. Just been speaking to them on Skype. They may be coming back soon to live in UK, so I can be a real hands on granny!

[grasscarp]

Luca and Zoe (now 4 months and a lovely little girl) She actually got a ten out of ten on the Apgar scale when she was born which brought much rejoicing in the hospital!

[IgnatiusR]

Thank you everyone

[ladyalex]

What good news for you.
I am SO envious.

Son-and-heir is in Western Massachusetts and though has a lovely g/friend, no signs of grandchildren yet.

[ladyalex]

10 out of 10 on the Apgar is pretty good. Doesn't really get much better .

[grasscarp]

Best of luck LadyAlex. I will share mine with you if you never have any, but you probably will. I have one older daughter who is not really wanting to have any children (yet.....). Sorry Ignatius to take over your thread, but Ladyalex and I dont meet very often. I will bow out now and go to bed. x

[ladyalex]

Good night , grasscarp. Thanks for the kind offer. I'll file it away for later.

Sorry for the intrusion, IgnatiusR.