Good news to come out of Japan...

The bad news from Japan is so breathtakingly awful, isn't it? That's why it was so wonderful this morning to be just a little tiny part of one family's good news... In a newspaper report, a fleeting mention of a young teacher from Reading who was teaching his class at the moment the quake struck.

He was Simon Green, aged just 23, and thankfully, he survived. But, like so many British nationals out there, he couldn't get hold of his family - who live in Sonning Common - to tell them he was safe. Then, he was photographed by a Daily Mail reporter who offered him a few precious minutes on his satellite phone.

For his family, it was the end of a nightmare weekend. And when I mentioned his story on air this morning, his grandmother and then his mum phoned in to say how thrilled they were that he was well. Sometimes we really all do feel we're part of a global family!