I met my friend Sue's husband for lunch today, my friend who died last year. They didn't have any children and have no close family in the area and he is pretty much alone. He works abroad half the year as a tax exile, he is a captain of a merchant navy ship. I'm...

I imagine the whole nation is feeling overwhelming relief following the brilliant news that nine-year-old schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been found alive and well, three weeks after going missing. She had been found concealed in the base of a divan bed in a house in...

I keep meaning to practise my clarinet more often, get stuck into the garden, read all those books I bought last year, spend more time with my mum, visit the gym more frequently and enjoy longer country walks and bird watching trips. I'm never short of things to do -...

Bravo to the York Press for launching a Let Your Doctor Decide campaign in protest against a PCT vetting panel which decides if patients are to be given further treatment as part of a cost-cutting exercise. Last year the panel denied treatment to more than 1,000 cases...

I met some wonderful people today, families and friends of missing people, all marching through London to raise awareness about the lack of support they receive. All trying to do their best for the loved ones they have lost. Their personal stories are not just tragic...

I shall be joining families of missing people and marching with them in London this morning. They are urging the government to listen to their poignant stories about inexplicably losing people they love, and to offer much needed support. Who knows how they cope, how...

How can we persuade our manufacturers to demonstrate their Britishness? It seems ironic that while our teenagers are being bribed, sorry offered council tax and student fee rebate incentives if they volunteer to take an allegiance oath to Queen and country, our...