Air band scanner
Hi mate,
I purchased two from Maplin not so long ago. One was the Maycom AR-109, which in all honesty is a very good bit of kit for the price (35-40 quid), except you have to scroll through frequencies to tune into them. I also got an analogue scanner there as well, was around 10 pounds. I live just up the road from EGBB, all I could really pick up from it was the ATIS however.
If you're finding it hard to pick out words from ATC, listen to your Maycom for a while in the evenings & use a website called Liveatc. I listen to EIDW (Dublin) Tower a lot and it has helped.