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Off to Nottingham uni
I'm taking my son David to the open day at Nottingham University today. I can still remember him on his first day at school. He had just turned four and was the youngest boy in his class. I was the one left standing at the school gates feeling bereft....
Conservative women and Africa
Gordon Brown is not the only one to include Africa on his agenda by appointing Mark Malloch Brown as a new minister for Africa, Asia and the UN. It is a hot topic which will be debated at the Conservative Women's Organisation's conference in November....
The missing – Damien Nettles
Damien Nettles went missing after a night out with friends on the Isle of Wight in November, 1996 when he was just 16. He had parted company from them at around 10.30pm. He was last seen at around midnight walking along the High Street in...
Will Miliband blog about foreign affairs?
I did have some belief that Miliband's heart was in the right place as Environment Secretary, trying to undo some of the considerable wrongs created by his predecessor, the inept Margaret Beckett. She certainly deserved to get the push. Although...
The sad story of Grace
I heard a tragic story today about a young woman of 26 called Grace who visited her parents in Cambridge recently. For some reason she was pushing a car when she fell and landed flat on her chest. She later contracted pneumonia and died afterwards of septicaemia...
Blair’s Question Time may continue
Although Prime Minister's Question Time may have come to an end for Tony Blair, the police have also put more questions to him, possibly in the last week, in the cash-for-honours scandal. Could there be more to come? Could he be called as a key witness...
Robert Sturdy challenges EU mercury inconsistency
MEP Robert Sturdy has asked the European Commission to explain how it can justify enforcing the use of energy saving light bulbs which contain mercury, while at the same time banning barometers for this very same reason, an inconsistency which was...
The missing – Jessica Foster
Glendene Grant has asked me to publicise the case of her missing daughter, Jessica Foster, who was last seen in March 2006 in North Las Vegas when she was 21. She said: "We need to have everyone know who Jessie Foster is. We need to find her and bring her...
Cherie’s last words
Tony Blair's exit from 10 Downing Street will be immortalised by his wife's undignified final blast at the press: "I don't think I will miss you lot". If Cherie feels aggrieved about her media coverage, she has herself to blame. She started off with a clean...