A British lorry driver has set up a fund for the family of Lukasz Urban, the Polish truck driver murdered by the madman who subsequently drove the vehicle into a Berlin Christmas Market. If you would...
I've just bought a new wireless Mouse and it's taking me an age to move the arrow to where I want it, so yesterday I bought one with a wire but that's producing the same problem. I've tried running...
Louisa May Alcott's 184th birthday today. 'Little Women', beautiful and unforgettable of course, but having read it as a child I had no idea why the girls' father was away at war, and the book didn't...
More than 120 MPs have urged the government to authorise air drops of food and medical supplies to the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo but a Foreign Office minister has said British aircraft would risk...
//Mr Blair, speaking to the New Statesman, said the single market would be the key issue in the negotiations, and that securing maximum access would mean accepting fewer restrictions on immigration,...
//The Turkish government has announced it is reviewing a controversial bill which would pardon men convicted of child sex abuse if they marry their victims.//...
//Despite the rising number of xenophobic attacks in Germany, Schaeuble said he believed the majority of Germans would say: "Yes, we want you to belong to us."// A man who doesn’t understand that...
I’ve just listened to a composer being interviewed on the radio. I missed the beginning, so have no idea who he was. Anyway, he said that Bohemian Rhapsody will still be around in 200 years and that...
I don't usually buy pre-made food of any description, but we have a vegetarian at our table for Christmas lunch so I'm thinking of buying a good nutroast for her to replace the meat and to go with all...
Four weeks ago I had a ‘flu jab and my arm is still quite painful and uncomfortable, so much so that the discomfort sometimes wakes me in the night. That can’t be right, can it – and if it...
Advertised as a dark and twisty psychological thriller, I’m only about half way through it. It's very well written, the plot is quite unique and I have no idea of where it’s heading, but it’s...
//A simple code-word campaign for women feeling unsafe on a date has got global attention since a picture of this poster dotted around bars in Lincolnshire, England emerged on Twitter. It encourages...
//Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said there is already a national shortage of foster families and despite an advertisement campaign it is a constant struggle to find more….Local...
I read something here about how years ago people weren’t easily contactable and it occurred to me that, whether at home or out and about, I’m rarely, if ever, without my mobile phone. Has yours...
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/01/fifa-bans-poppies-during-match-because-they-are-political-statements-6226627/
I don't regard poppies as a political statement. Do you?...
//Around three-quarters of the 583 people imprisoned on terror charges in the years since the 9/11 attacks have now served their sentences and been released from UK prisons, many still holding the...
When looking at two pictures on a cigarette packet today – one of clean, healthy lungs – and next to it a picture of horrible black, lumpy-looking lungs, an idea occurred to me. Rather than the...
