Call for lorry overtaking ban

Call for lorry overtaking ban

A treacherous stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire has been dubbed the “road to hell”, it is a regular accident blackspot. Cambridgeshire’s top 18 movers and shakers are lobbying Government about it. I am thankful I don’t need to...
Meg Matthews fights her demons

Meg Matthews fights her demons

It can be easy to envy those who you think “have it all”.  But what you see on the outside can be just an act, their real lives could be very different to what you perceive. Veronica Callanan reflects about this on her latest post after...
Can Peter Hain reconnect Labour with voters?

Can Peter Hain reconnect Labour with voters?

I have just heard Peter Hain praise Tony Blair’s 10 year leadership on one hand, then describe how Labour must now reconnect with voters and fight the Conservative resurgence on the other hand. That statement alone surely demonstrates how Labour has been dragged...
Would you recognise this abductor?

Would you recognise this abductor?

Would you recognise the face in this sketch? It is a copy of an artist’s impression used used by Portuguese police hunting the abductor of Madeleine McCann. It has been described as looking like “an egg with a side parting”. It has no eyes, nose or...
Neighbourly love, or war?

Neighbourly love, or war?

Do you get on well with your neighbours? Would you want to live next to them for 96 years? That is the extraordinary record of Alex Baker who has never left the two-up, two-down terraced house in Portsmouth where he was born. Being on bad terms with your neighbour...