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A lesson in school dinners
'-I was driving to my mother's home yesterday - she is still in a teenage tizz over the "dazzling doctor" who cared for her in hospital this week - and heard the Radio 4 Food Programme awards. I was particularly impressed with an award made to catering manager Hugh...
Mobs demand death over teddy’s name
How much worse can this unbelievable situation get? This picture of mobs wielding clubs and knives today in Khartoum looks terrifying. There are demands that her 15 day jail sentence was too lenient and that she should be shot. The great thing about British law is its...
Government urged to support families of the missing
The anguished mother of a missing son is urging the government to provide desperately needed support and additional police training to deal with these unfathomable cases. Nicki Durbin, mother of Luke (pic left) who vanished in May 2006 aged 19, and Valerie Nettles,...
How can Obama defend himself over terrorist slur?
Would you vote for Barack Obama if you thought he had terrorist links? Of course not. So how can the presidential hopeful defend himself against this slur, should he sue the respected Washington Post for insinuating that he is a Muslim extremist who wants to overthrow...
How will we be living in 2030?
Can you imagine what life will be like in 2030? What changes will technology and medicine have made to our lives? Do you fancy living to 130? Futurologist Ray Hammond has come up with some answers in a thought provoking book entitled The World in 2030. My thoughts are...
Caretaker’s home used to teach migrant children
So how can we teach our migrant children which turn up on our doorstep? What thought did Tony Blair give to this when he opened our doors to their families? Just to let you know what is happening in Fenland, my home patch, where a secondary school has resorted to...
How good is a $100 laptop?
Can you imagine the excitement of these young Nigerian school children who have been given a $100 laptop each as part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) programme in Africa. Some of them don't even have a television at home. Their local community built their...
NIAB welcomes support for GM crops
It takes a brave man to speak out on unpopular subjects, like Sir David King did today, when he supported the need to use GM technology and research for future crops. Still, as the comments were made in his last speech in his capacity as the government's chief...
An update on Loula
My mum is still in hospital where further tests are being carried out as some results caused concern. The main thing is that her spirits have improved. I was waiting at the front door of the hospital when she arrived to be admitted last night, she had travelled there...