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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

Olympic medal of dishonour

ON your marks, get set, fire. It may not be the normal way of starting events at the Olympics but this is Beijing. Read

Give boxing KO

CHILDREN in the North East will be encouraged to learn boxing in schools. Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe, announcing the plan, said it would prevent obesity. Read

Logo with logic

PASSIONATE about the North East? Post Office protesters were when they hijacked One North East’s famous logo. Read

Admin’s a pest

SEVERAL hospitals in the region are threatened by frequent incidents of pest infestation. Read

Taylor North Shields salesman John Annan in dispute after bump outside premises

NOT worth the paper it was written on! That’s my verdict on a promise to pay for alleged damage after an accident. Read

No escape for Joey Barton

SOCCER thug Joey Barton is already singing the ballad of karmic retribution. It goes like this . . . every action has a consequence in natural justice. Read

Route rows

MOST of us here in the North are useless at planning car journeys, according to a map company’s recent survey. Read

Speech trouble

THE Metro is to get £400m to improve transport services. Read

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