Mary Perkins running PR. She has admitted donning disguises and visiting Specsavers stores, posing as a customer. Perkins was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University in 2005. The same year she received the "Rotary International Community and Vocational Service Award" for her services to charity and in 2006 won the inaugural Spirit of everywoman Award. Perkins was the first female optician in the UK to receive the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2007. The accolade was also in recognition of her other charitable work, including the Guernsey annual "Specsavers Liberation Tea Dance for
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