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A Headway friend forever
I have just stepped down as a trustee from Headway Cambridgeshire after six years - four-and-a-half years as its chair - and am already feeling withdrawal symptoms, missing the many friends I have made there. I do think you can stay in a position too long and that...
Cannabis on prescription
Cannabis, a class-B drug available on prescription as a medicinal remedy for multiple sclerosis patients, could also be used to target cancer pain, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis and even schizophrenia if trials demonstrate its effectiveness. What once seemed a...
Inspirational woman Julie Jones meets Samantha Cameron
I was very moved after reading today about the selfless life of single mum of three Julie Jones who only earns £18,000 a year as an administrator, yet willingly adopted her best friend's five children after she had died. I think any woman who can bring up eight...
An evening with the “beyond heartbroken” Katherine Jenkins
Last night we took pa-in-law and Aunt Betty to a concert given by the "beyond heartbroken" Katherine Jenkins in Ipswich. We were wondering if she would blub on stage again following her recent broken engagement, and my husband reminded me tersely that anyone else in...
Cambridge academics will bypass European stem cells ruling
BREAKING NEWS The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, has vowed to bypass a European Court of Justice ruling that bans patents on embryonic stem cells by turning to the United States or India instead. There are 26 laboratories in...
Stephen Hawking, Master of the Universe
Sitting in the Cambridge University lecture theatre listening spellbound to the synthesised voice of Prof Stephen Hawking, pre-recorded for his 70th birthday symposium which he was too poorly to attend in person, I was struck by two thoughts: 1. The warmth and humour...
Stephen Lawrence verdict should make govt rethink forensic closure
If ever there was justification for the government to rethink its planned closure of the UK Forensic Science Service, then today's verdict for the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence 18 years ago has proved this without reasonable doubt! A conviction was secured solely...
When did you last stay up till 3am reading a book?
It's been so long since I burnt the midnight oil reading a good book. So I couldn't wait to discover whose writing it was that captivated award winning journalist Jenni Russell to such a degree of excitement that she stayed up until 3 am to finish reading her book. It...
Would you go on Mastermind or University Challenge?
Did you watch Jungle Queen and X-Factor star Stacey Solomon's surprise celebrity appearanace on Mastermind over Christmas? I was stunned at her confidence in pitting her brains against super chef Sophie Grigson, the Fast Show's Simon Day and musician Steve Harley....