Now Annunziata wants Mid-Norfolk

There’s been some chopping and changing on the Mid-Norfolk shortlist after the glamorous Louise Bagshawe found success in Corby and Maria Hutchings, who lashed out at Blair on live TV last year over special school closures, wants to concentrate on Stevenage. Two...
Is the UK prepared for TB threat?

Is the UK prepared for TB threat?

While the UK gears itself in its usual haphazard way for influenza and bird flu, what thought is it giving to the threat of a TB outbreak? Health officials raised the alert yesterday over a new drug-resistant and more deadly form of tuberculosis, saying the...
Defra drowns in its inefficiency

Defra drowns in its inefficiency

I was hoping someone from Defra with a nuance of intelligence would have picked up on some of excellent points raised in this Sunday Times article on freeing our congested roads by using our rivers and sea more. Each barge can carry the equivalent of more than 20...
Norfolk’s 100-year-old parish councillor still going strong

Norfolk’s 100-year-old parish councillor still going strong

No wonder so many A-listers want a Norfolk seat, it is the perfect base for a healthy, politically active life, as Jack Chase, will vouch, who is 100 today and still serving as a parish councillor. He is almost certainly the country’s oldest parish councillor...