My bouquet of the week goes to Madrid

My bouquet of the week goes to Madrid

I’ve never understood why fashion designers believe clothes look better hung on waif-like models. So my bouquet of the week goes to the organisers of Madrid Fashion Week who are banning skinny women to develop a more healthy image. Have you ever noticed...

Chris Mole MP and that letter

Maybe Ipswich MP Chris Mole was thinking about this when he joined colleagues and quit his post, urging Tony Blair to step down sooner rather than later. With up to 1,000 predicted job losses in Suffolk’s health service over the next two years, and the severe...
Blair urged to protect our children from abductors

Blair urged to protect our children from abductors

I know Tony Blair has a lot on his mind at the moment, but I hope he makes time soon to discuss child snatchers with John Reid – and makes it a top priority. Amazingly, strangers who abduct or try to snatch children are not placed on the Sex Offenders’...
Should London’s rubbish be dumped in Cambridgeshire?

Should London’s rubbish be dumped in Cambridgeshire?

London’s landfill sites will soon be filled to capacity so the Government plans to dump it in Cambridgeshire where the local authority has excelled itself with achieving the UK’s top recycling rate. The plan could see 5.7 million tonnes of commercial,...
Would you give your body to medical research?

Would you give your body to medical research?

Would you take part in drugs trials, particularly bearing in mind the fate of six men who ended up in intensive care? I imagine the number of volunteers has since plummeted dramatically, and tonight’s debate in Norwich is aimed at increasing this. It is part of...