Five alive

It takes quite a lot to keep Radio Five Live commentator Alan Green under control, but the above five-a-side team from Leeds practice McCormicks managed it at a recent charity sports quiz organised by the firm, which raised 35,000 in aid of St Gemma's Hospice.

The women showed teams yellow and red cards for any misdemeanours during the quiz, held at Leeds United's ground (senior partner Peter McCormick is a Leeds director).

Wrongdoers included Yorkshire cricketer Richard Blakey, golfer Howard Clark and former Leeds United star Peter Lorimer.

We understand that Mr Green - no lover of the card-carriers, as any of his listeners can attest - was on this occasion happy to suffer the horror of being surrounded by them.