Doug Perkins Doug Perkins Douglas John David Perkins (born April 1943) is a British billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder of Specsavers, an international optical retail chain. Douglas John David Perkins was born in April 1943 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. "His father was a policeman and his grandparents were farmers in the county for generations." He was educated at the Llanelli Boys Grammar School, and he graduated from Cardiff University. Perkins began his career as an optometrist in Llanelli and Carmarthen. In the 1970s, he took over his father-in-law's optician store in Bristol and subsequently opened 22 stores. Perkins co-founded Specsavers with
Lesley Ashmall Lesley Ashmall Lesley Christine Ashmall (born 31 December 1966) is a Scottish reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live. She attended Morrison's Academy, a co-educational independent school in Crieff, from 1979 to 1984. Her father is Harry Ashmall, who was headmaster of her former school from 1979 and of Forfar Academy from 1971–79, and has represented the World Council of Churches as a Moderator, and worked with UNICEF UK. She studied at the University of Glasgow. She has worked at Radio 5 Live since 1995. From April 2006 until December 2008 she co-presented "The Weekend News" on 5 Live from 8pm-10pm