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Trudy’s "Inside Out" story
I've written about the bravery of Trudy Lapinskis before. Well tomorrow tonight, those living in the East will be able to hear her courageous story on BBC1's "Inside Out" programme at 7.30pm. I spoke to Trudy this week and for the first time I have known her, she...
Tom Paine, Blogpower’s finest philanthropist
Within two days of writing about Gordon Brown's refusal to waive the airport tax for a visit by young children from Chernobyl, Blogpower's finest philanthropist, Tom Paine, has kindly paid this money himself. He has paid £960 out of his...
Climate change, the questions
I am attending a major debate on climate change at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge tomorrow. I will be meeting David Buckland who runs the Cape Farewell project. He has spent the past seven years trying to capture public attention on climate change by...
Council staff trained as law enforcers
I am a non-smoker, but there was a time when I was a fag-ash Lil and would puff away on 20 or more Rothman's a day, even the odd Gaulois, until my constant coughing and hacking forced me to quit. I feel so much better for it too, but I have no objection if...
Who has failed our children?
It's half-term week this week, the kids are at home, but are they happy there? According to a stinging Unicef report, the UK is accused of failing its children, coming bottom of the league table. It looked at 40 indicators, including poverty, peer and family...
Long live romance, but not just for today
I can't not mention what today is with all those hearts and flowers at the top of my site. I wonder if men feel pressurised into buying cards and flowers to celebrate St Valentine's Day. I suspect they do. Although it smacks of consumerism, many men ignore it...
Archer’s lost shepherd returns to flock
I expect Bryan Applyard will sleep happier tonight knowing that the Archer's stolen sculptures have been recovered following a sensational overnight swoop by police at a Cambridgeshire village. The boys in blue turned out in full force, with eight police cars swarming...
Gordon Brown hammers Chernobyl charity for airport tax
A Chernobyl charity's plea to Gordon Brown to waive airport taxes for bringing sick children to the UK for recuperative breaks has fallen on deaf ears. The Chancellor has refused to exempt it on humanitarian grounds. The adorable looking girls in this...
Council coughs up light bulb compensation
A person who injured their hand on a light bulb is to be paid compensation by Cambridge City Council. And so is a Cambridge Folk Festival reveller who slipped. These are two compensation claims highlighted in today's Cambridge Evening News, they were obtained by the...