Michael’s simply brilliant

10:31am Wednesday 1st July 2009

EVERY now and then a comedian rises to the top of the pile and seems to be everywhere.

Support is needed for excellent campaign

10:31am Wednesday 1st July 2009

MARIE Curie nurses do an amazing job for local residents at a traumatic time in their lives.

Heat is on for danger awareness

10:32am Wednesday 1st July 2009

HOT weather can be dangerous — and not just in the obvious ways.

Hugely influential Farrah

10:29am Wednesday 1st July 2009

THE sad death of pop legend Michael Jackson virtually eclipsed the passing of another famous name, Farrah Fawcett.

Moneybags Rosie not paying her way on the home front

9:57am Wednesday 1st July 2009

THE current Coronation Street storyline involving Bolton’s lovely Helen Flanagan as Rosie Webster is a delight.

Have we given up on protecting weakest?

9:57am Wednesday 1st July 2009

WE appear to have gradually shifted the rules of family life in 2009 and are now paying the price.

Unclear on the nuclear front . . .

10:00am Friday 26th June 2009

WHEN it comes to sabre rattling, the leader of North Korea is in a class of his own. Kim Jong-il is so incensed by fresh United Nations sanctions against his Stalinist regime, because of its nuclear ambitions, that he seems more determined than ever to embark on a military campaign against the West, America in particular.

Paper power can’t be beat

9:11am Monday 22nd June 2009

REGULAR readers of these ramblings will know that I do not have unlimited faith in computers.

Banking on making a negative impact

9:13am Monday 22nd June 2009

PEOPLE who lose their jobs are glumly familiar with all the euphemisms.

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