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Would you like your medical info sent by text?
How would you feel if important medical info was sent to you by text or email? This is what a Suffolk hospital is considering to save on postage costs following Royal Mail's new pricing system. Although concerns about confidentiality have been raised, there is...
Why Blair and Bush were wrong about Lebanon, by Terry Waite
Former Hezbollah hostage Terry Waite has joined critics who have condemned Tony Blair's handling of the Middle East crisis. He knows more than most about Lebanon. It is 15 years since the former church envoy was released from captivity by militants in Lebanon. In an...
More criminals on the loose if John Reid gets his way
If John Reid wants magistrates to use electronic tagging as an effective alternative to prison, I suggest tags are used that cannot be removed. At the moment it is all too easy to slip the net and commit further crimes and the Home Office has not even kept vital...
Meet a new blue female blogger
Welcome to a new female blue blogger - only this one wears a uniform and gives some interesting inside info about life on the beat . PC Bloggs gives useful tips on what to avoid saying if you don't want to get booked for speeding; certainly best not to blurt out that...
Why can’t this Govt deal with our rubbish?
I find it extraordinary that electronic "spy bugs" have secretly been planted in hundreds of thousands of household wheelie bins. It is hardly the best way of getting the message across about recycling, engaging with the public and gaining their full support to ensure...
No more WordPress worries
A great weight has been lifted from my shoulders - thanks to the brilliant new Windows Live Writer which is the simplest way I have come across of writing posts and adding pics for WordPress. It is an absolute godsend and I shall be eternally grateful to Bill Gates...
Do MPs have happy marriages?
So men should not marry career women if they want to have a successful and happy life, they should stick to someone who has no desires other than pampering her man, dusting the house and doing the school run. This advice has propelled Michael Noer, news editor of...
No ordinary holiday
It is my insatiable curiosity about people's lives, meeting so many interesting fellow shipmates, that made my holiday so memorable. This is the first time we have ever had a holiday of this kind, and I tell you cruising must be the best stress free way for three...
Taking to the high seas
It’s time for our family hols, to literally push out the boat and cruise around the Med for a couple of weeks. We are being joined by my incorrigible mum Loula, as well as and some friends and their three young kids. And for those of you who lament the fact that...