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James’ transatlantic race for Mid-Norfolk
Distance was no object for barrister James Tumbridge, who is now on the latest shortlist of 10 for the next round of Conservative candidates contesting the plum Mid-Norfolk seat tomorrow. He had flown to Canada for the weekend when the message came to say there was...
Surely now is the time for Patricia Hewitt to resign
With our NHS limping from one catastrophe to another, our primary care trusts struggling to balance their books after being millions in debt, forcing staff cuts and bed closures on an essential front-line service, surely this is the time for Patricia Hewitt to resign....
Now Annunziata wants Mid-Norfolk
There's been some chopping and changing on the Mid-Norfolk shortlist after the glamorous Louise Bagshawe found success in Corby and Maria Hutchings, who lashed out at Blair on live TV last year over special school closures, wants to concentrate on Stevenage. Two very...
Is the UK prepared for TB threat?
While the UK gears itself in its usual haphazard way for influenza and bird flu, what thought is it giving to the threat of a TB outbreak? Health officials raised the alert yesterday over a new drug-resistant and more deadly form of tuberculosis, saying the...
Why isn’t £2.50 a day value for money for Alzheimer sufferers?
I don't understand the reasons for NICE's refusal to allow Alzheimer sufferers access to drugs costing £2.50 a day at the early stage of this terrible, soul destroying illness. There was enough evidence on the news this morning from sufferers who described the...
Defra drowns in its inefficiency
I was hoping someone from Defra with a nuance of intelligence would have picked up on some of excellent points raised in this Sunday Times article on freeing our congested roads by using our rivers and sea more. Each barge can carry the equivalent of more than 20...
Norfolk’s 100-year-old parish councillor still going strong
No wonder so many A-listers want a Norfolk seat, it is the perfect base for a healthy, politically active life, as Jack Chase, will vouch, who is 100 today and still serving as a parish councillor. He is almost certainly the country's oldest parish councillor and...
Let’s hope India’s racehorse buyers will soon return to the UK
The UK has been losing millions of pounds in racehorse sales due to an over-stringent ban imposed by the Indian government which my MEP Robert Sturdy is hoping to have lifted. The ban has been in place for the last five years following the outbreak of a single known...
Adam Rickitt makes next Norfolk round
Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt is a step closer to seeing his dream realised and becoming a Norfolk MP. He was one of 10 A-listers selected to go through to the next round next weekend, though unfortunately neither of the two local candidates, including...