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Dicing with death is a daily ritual

EVERY working day, twice a day, I play with the traffic on a busy dual carriageway. Read

Store window putting the Christ back into Christmas

AND so it is Christmas, almost, and what have they done at Fenwick’s window? Read

Generous gents

MEANWHILE, there are some sportsmen who do the decent thing with their money. Well done to all those footballers — and others — who helped Bobby Robson smash through the £1m mark for his cancer charity. Read

No money struggles for super rich

THERE may be a credit crunch but money still makes the world go round for the filthy rich. Read

Cliff Richard’s all right by me after lending support to Alzheimer’s appeal

CONGRATULATIONS to Cliff Richard for throwing his weight behind an appeal to raise funds for medical research. Read

Power firm on my hit list

ENERGY supplier npower is now on “The List”. You know what I mean, The List. Everyone has one . . . a list of those who are marked for revenge. Read

Sum’s gone to Iceland

IT’S a small world . . . but have we made it too small? The decision made by some North councils to put their — our — money in Icelandic banks needs to be questioned. Read

Toon’s losing game

BAD news for Toon fans . . . owner Mike Ashley may be forced to stay. It seems he will be forced to retain ownership of the club in the current economic climate after potential buyers were not prepared to pay the asking price. Read

Miliband and Merlin lack magic touch

HAS anyone else noticed the similarity between Merlin and David Miliband? Read

Squirrel army could march on its stomach

HERE’S a subject close to my heart . . . and my stomach. Read

Bridlington council fly in face of fair play

I HAVE spoken before about councils with an exaggerated sense of their own importance, and the latest example comes from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Read

Accusation is far worse than crime

RAPE is a terrible crime, but equally terrible is the false accusation of rape. No one can know the hell Terry Harrison went through when he was maliciously accused. Read

Rapist has a right to write

WOULD you read a children’s story written by Gary Glitter? Thought not. No decent human being would be caught dead reading twisted fairy tales by the pervert. Read

Curbing the powers that be

SOMETHING has to be done to curb the powers of local councils with an exaggerated sense of their own importance. Read

KK debacle leads to a rare apology

I COULDN’T have been more wrong. Read

Fella’s on the rocks

YOU have to feel sorry for Hell’s Kitchen winner Terry Miller. Read

Knott a good idea

THERE’S something inevitable about this . . . cross a 73-year-old pilot with a maiden flight in a home-made light aircraft and what do you get? Read

Marvel at name

WHAT’S with the name of the new Excelsior Academy in Newcastle? Read

No benefit in using lie detectors

IT’S a bad day for anyone who believes modern technology is fallible. Four North councils are testing a voice recognition telephone system to trap benefit cheats. Read

A bummer for Obama

APPARENTLY some good old boys in the US of A can’t tell the difference between al Qaida and the Democratic Party. Read

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