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Women bishops are a refreshing the executive board of the Church of England
I always think of Dr Carrie Pemberton Ford when the subject of women bishops is raised. I worked with her once to promote CHASTE - Churches Alert Against Sex Trafficking across Europe. Feeling disappointed after the latest blow for women bishops in the Church of...
Mike Lynch cancels Cambridge lecture
I had been hoping to meet Dr Mike Lynch tomorrow evening at an innovation lecture in Cambridge, our local technology hero blazing a trail for Silicon Fen with his astonishingly successful software company Autonomy which was sold to Hewlett Packard in 2011 with his...
Let’s Adopt a Better Way
This week is National Adoption Week, but you would scarcely know it unless this is a topic which interests you personally as there has been virtually no national media coverage about it, especially compared to last year's amazing headlines featuring campaigner...
Let’s all vote for Nadine on “I’m a Celebrity….”
Shall we all do what Eric Pickles says, and that is to vote for Nadine Dorries so she can totally indulge in kangaroo's goolies, washed down with a bucketful of maggots, and all other jungle delights during her stint on I'm a Celebrity. To me, her appearance on this...
Cambridge ideas change the world …
I love the simple Cambridge Network strapline which states, "Cambridge ideas change the world". Thanks to the cluster of innovative technology and biomedical companies based in and around the university city, and the brilliant minds behind many of them, this continues...
How many MPs divorce due to work?
About four years ago I was researching the working life of women MPs and asked if data was available about marriage breakdowns resulting from their incredible workload and long hours. I wanted to know if these figures existed for both men and women MPs and was told it...
Victims of UK contaminated blood scandal speak out
This is a follow up to my previous post about contaminated blood. Â Let's hope someone in government is listening. Patients whose lives were devastated after being treated with contaminated NHS blood have urged the government to consider their suffering over the last...
David Cameron urged to apologise over contaminated blood travesty
Innocent patients and families of those infected with contaminated blood provided by the NHS - 2,000 of whom died as a result - are hoping that the outcome of the Penrose inquiry in Scotland into this terrible tragedy will pave the way for a public apology from David...
Why men need reliable prostate cancer checks
I am delighted to see that the innovative new prostate cancer detection available for the workplace which I promoted earlier this month has been highlighted in today's Daily Mail's Good Health section. Thank you Jonathan! Many people ask why this kind of accurate...