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James’ school prom and other news
From horse carriage to fire engine, and limo to pushbike, these were some of the eye catching ways in which my son James' friends arrived for their school prom this evening. One novel set of wheels which drew up was this dingy recycling bin - and two...
Congratulations Allan Brigham
Congratulations to Cambridge's most illustrious road sweeper Allan Brigham, who is to collect an honorary master's degree from Cambridge University for his services to the community as a tour guide. I'm hoping to join him on one of his hidden history city tours -...
Humiliated MP asks, "Why were my expenses blacked-out?"
MP Richard Spring has described the publication of blacked-out expenses as a "mockery". He was shocked to find that his expenses were censored this way, even though he made no requests to have any items removed from publication. The Suffolk MP has told his local...
The recession and sprucing up on public speaking
I was at the 10th anniversary dinner of Cambridge Speakers' Club a few days ago and asked our area governor Graham Frost whether the recession had seen a decline of membership. I wondered if Toastmaster clubs were closing due to lack of support. On the contrary, he...
Our Headway Big Lottery grant
It's incredibly difficult to succeed in a Lottery grant bid - but we managed it at Headway Cambridgeshire, thanks to our brilliant Chief Executive Andrew Gardner. It has just been announced that we have secured £372,579 from the Big Lottery Fund's Reaching...
Our future digital world
I called into the Apple Store in Cambridge today where the staff are very excited about the new iPhone which will be launched in the UK on Friday. It has voice control and a compass and I am lusting after one - surely every Rambler like me should have one! And, at...
Sir Alan’s first task should be ….
Sir Alan Sugar's first task as the government's new enterprise tsar should be to help secure jobs for our newly unemployed graduates with large debts around their necks. They are not alone as the former Bank of England policy maker David Blanchflower has warned that 1...
Have your say on the EP’s agenda
The European Parliament is seeking views about what you would like your newly elected MEPs to concentrate on. It has published an agenda of some of the issues it will shortly be dealing with, from working hours and food labelling, to immigration and a European...
My boys
I would like to say a big thank you to the superb medical staff at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge who treated David's broken bone in his thumb. He tripped up on some steps in Hull last week at 2.30am after a night out with his uni friends and returned to his...