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Nick Clegg cornered by Oxford graduate over soaring tuition fees
A week after violent protests by students over the proposed tripling of university tuition fees, Nick Clegg was cornered by Oxford graduate Portia Murray who asked him to defend the promise Liberal Democrats made not to increase fees in their 2010 election manifesto....
Prince William and Kate to be married
So Waity Katy has bagged her Prince Charming and will one day be our Queen following today's announcement that the couple plan to marry next year. We are told that they became engaged last month during a private holiday in Kenya after dating for eight years. I...
The Chandlers are freed by Somalian pirates
What a breathtaking weekend for releases from captivity. First, the Burmese demure pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was freed yesterday by her country's dictators after spending more than 15 years under house arrest. And now British couple Paul and Rachel...
Is a “mercy killing” murder?
We need an urgent political debate in this country about "mercy killings" following a decision by the Court of Appeal today rejecting a mother's conviction of murder after she fatally injected her brain-inured son with a heroin injection to end his "living hell". Why...
Will Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi be freed today?
This is terrific news. There are reports that military authorities have signed an order authorising the release of Burma's jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a woman whose dignity in adversity and oppression has won her worldwide admiration. The Nobel Peace...
Cambridge student protests from the 60s and 70s
With student protests in the headlines over rising tuition fees, I thought I would delve back and see which issues fired up Cambridge students in the past, particularly the 1960s and 70s. Since then, student life in Cambridge seems to have been much quieter, barring...
Will you buy the new Sinclair electric vehicle?
Sir Clive Sinclair has designed a new electric vehicle following his C5 battery model which flopped after it was launched in 1985. It had a top speed of 15 miles per hour and was intended to transform the way people travelled, but ended up losing its inventor £6...
No 7’s Xmas party make-up tips
I'm a Boots No 7 serum devotee and have just caught up with this video demonstrating how their make-up should be applied to create three different looks for the party season. It's easy to get stuck in a rut using the same colours, so why not try something different...
Lembit Opik and Ann Widdicombe would make great jungle partners
Defeated Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik is joined by a host of oddballs in the latest screening of "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!". I'm not sure why actor Nigel Havers is included as I considered him quite sane. I can only suspect that Lembit tried, and was rejected,...