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Why Hayley Turner is a first class champion
Hayley Turner is an outstanding woman who is achieving terrific success in a man's world - and is sharing her success with Headway Cambridgeshire, the charity I support. The UK's top woman jockey last week won became the female rider to win a Group One race outright,...
My News of the World job
I'm still in shock after hearing that the News of the World is to close. As a young cub reporter I used to admire its undercover work and stand against injustice. However, in its desperation for sales and survival, it overstretched the limits of human decency,...
Well done Wisbech
It's not every day that streets are strewn with rose petals. To get the sun shining too for Wisbech Rose Fair is an added bonus. The highlight of the annual Fair is a parade of decorated floats through the Fenland town, my home town, and I love the way it brings...
The question I wished I asked Nicholas Parsons
We took pa-in-law to see Nicholas Parsons' one man show, A Laugh A Minute, last night, and he couldn't help comparing the performer's youthful looks to himself after calculating that they must be around the same age. While pa-in-law suffers from age-related ailments...
What do Kate Middleton, Katherine Jenkins and I have in common?
It's a bit of a tenuous link, I admit, but my main indulgence is trying out new face creams. When I read that Kate Middleton and Katherine Jenkins were both devotees of Karin Herzog, I decided to try out their products and placed an online order. That was around a...
Francesca’s Mexican Takeaway party
I was there in spirit, even though I couldn't make it in person. I'm delighted for Francesca that her party was so successful, with guests travelling from around the world - most importantly Mexico. This is her how it went: Saturday my book, Mexican Takeaway came to...
My message to Andrew Lansley over father’s death
I was sorry to read about the circumstances surrounding the death of Andrew Lansely's father, particularly the lack of communication between healthcare professionals. The Health Secretary has described how Thomas Lansley, a distinguished NHS pathologist, was left in...
The greatest travesty of justice for Milly Dowler’s family….
For me, the greatest travesty of justice during the trial of Milly Dowler's evil killer Levi Bellfied was not the trauma his defence team put her anguished family through, the character assassination over their private lives (including her father's bondage fetish...
Could Congressional candidate Aubrey Immelman help track missing toddler Kevin Ayotte?
Aubrey Immelman, who is standing as an Independent candidate for Congress, has urged the family of missing toddler Kevin Ayotte to contact him as he may have vital information about his disappearance. The university lecturer, who is standing in Minnesota, left the...