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Father at 90 – and he wants more babies
Regardless of the ethics about bringing a child into an overpopulated world when you cannot remember how many you already have, I would like to congratulate an Indian man who has become the world's oldest dad at 90 - and wants more babies! Nanu Ram Jogi, a...
Why can’t researchers get their facts right?
David Cameron has made an embarrassing error by wrongly claiming that maternity services at King's Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital were under threat in his latest high profile announcement of NHS reforms. The fault was blamed on a typing error, according to...
Lord Philips and his citizen’s arrest of 10-year-old lad
Suffolk Lib Dem peer Lord Andrew Philips made a citizen's arrest on a boy believed to be 10-years-old yesterday for allegedly throwing his bike to the ground. While I'm also fed up up with the lack of respect and yobbish anti social behaviour of some young people...
Did Iain join the Swiss strippers?
I wonder if this is the real reason Iain headed for Switzerland at the weekend. No need to be bashful Iain, after all, it is art. I'm not sure I can pick you out though. Did you all have goose pimples? It is an amusing coincidence, and one I hope Iain will...
Albania appoints glamorous Roma to head its recycling collection
Unlike the BBC reporter, I was not surprised to learn that a woman is spearheading Albania's only household recycling programme. The fact that she is a Roma will be a bonus - she will understand only too well that waste is a resource which has value and can...
MP must choose Heaven or Hell
You are probably unaware that there is a lengthy seven-week general election campaign taking place in Jamaica right now where its first woman prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, is fighting to retain her seat for the People’s National Party....
Iain’s political blog guide needs your votes
Iain Dale is asking bloggers to select the top political bloggers for his 2007 Guide to Political Blogging in the UK. I have written an article on women bloggers for it. It means that bloggers and blog readers will choose who they feel should be ranked at the top, who...
My hectic summer hols
I am being pulled in all directions over the next few weeks. The school holidays are special to me because I feel I only have my boys on borrowed time now, if we can do things together still and enjoy each others company, then I shall make the most of it....
Conservatives and Rwanda
Vicky Ford is writing some brilliant reports on her mission to Africa, to the beautiful country known best for its genocide, to Rwanda where she - and other Conservatives - are helping improve the lives of those living in abject poverty. I know it...