Who has failed our children?

Who has failed our children?

It’s half-term week this week, the kids are at home, but are they happy there? According to a stinging Unicef report, the UK is accused of failing its children, coming bottom of the league table. It looked at 40 indicators, including poverty, peer and...
Long live romance, but not just for today

Long live romance, but not just for today

I can’t not mention what today is with all those hearts and flowers at the top of my site. I wonder if men feel pressurised into buying cards and  flowers to celebrate St Valentine’s Day. I suspect they do. Although it smacks of consumerism, many...
Archer’s lost shepherd returns to flock

Archer’s lost shepherd returns to flock

I expect Bryan Applyard will sleep happier tonight knowing that the Archer’s stolen sculptures have been recovered following a sensational overnight swoop by police at a Cambridgeshire village. The boys in blue turned out in full force, with eight police cars...
Gordon Brown hammers Chernobyl charity for airport tax

Gordon Brown hammers Chernobyl charity for airport tax

A Chernobyl charity’s plea to Gordon Brown to waive airport taxes for bringing sick children to the UK for recuperative breaks has fallen on deaf ears. The Chancellor has refused to exempt it on humanitarian grounds. The adorable looking girls in...

Council coughs up light bulb compensation

A person who injured their hand on a light bulb is to be paid compensation by Cambridge City Council. And so is a Cambridge Folk Festival reveller who slipped. These are two compensation claims highlighted in today’s Cambridge Evening News, they were obtained by...