My survey on MPs and their blogs

Posted by on Jul 6, 2007 in updates | 11 comments When I asked readers last month to estimate how many MPs wrote a blog, those key people at the forefront of our democracy, the answers revealed a total lack of awareness. There were estimates as high as 300, when the truth is closer to 40. I would now appreciate it if you could answer five speedy questions on my survey  about MPs and blogging. The responses will be...
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The 7/7/07 wedding date

Posted by on Jul 6, 2007 in updates | 14 comments If only that was all it took for a happy marriage – choosing a date with a triple row of magical 7s to tie the knot. When covering numerous golden weddings as a cub reporter, I always asked the secret of their wedded bliss and the answer was invariably the same – you have to give and take. Of course, most women knows this means that we do the giving and the men do the...
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Norwich uni today

Posted by on Jul 6, 2007 in updates | 12 comments It’s all very well for the government to say today they will give thousands of students more grants from September 2008 - and yes please – but my concern is whether David will be offered a place of his choice at university. After visiting two unis in the last week, we were told both days that applicants far exceed the places available – by as...
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Good luck to James

Posted by on Jul 6, 2007 in Uncategorized | 7 comments Good luck to James Tumbridge at Monday’s open primary where hopes to be selected as Conservative parliamentary candidate for Waveney, which has a Labour majority of less than 6,000. There are three other finalists contesting the nomination. You may remember that last October, James made a dramatic transatlantic dash back to the UK after flying to Canada to take...
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The missing – Katrice Lee

Posted by on Jul 6, 2007 in updates | 6 comments Katrice Lee vanished in 1981, on her second birthday, during a visit to the Naafi shop on an army base at Paderborn, near Hanover. Her parents, Richard and Sharon, still cling to the belief that she may be alive. The computer-modified picture, showing Katrice as she might have looked in the year 2000 as a 21-year-old. She is now 28. Her mother said: “As a family, all we want is an answer....
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