To enable me to have music while I diy (so this is slightly relevant to
this group!) I'd like to have a portable radio/CD player - ie one with
built-in speakers, not a personal hifi Ipod-type thingy - that will play
MP3 files recorded on to CD-Rs; however I can't find one anywhere. Does
such a beast exist?

No problem finding them at all.

No idea if this link will work (may be connection based)

http://makeashorterlink.com/?E26756E8A
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J27711E8A

(they link to
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...clickfrom=name

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...clickfrom=name

If the links don't work, they're argos cat number 512/9498 and 512/9436. I'm
sure they'll have more.

They didn't have anything under 50 quid before Christmas, though. If they
did, I'd have bought one already!

Christian.