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Council should put battery hens first in cruelty-free move

NO one concerned about animal welfare could possibly condone the treatment of battery hens. Read

Bishop of Rochester’s morality rant is insulting

SINCE when did the Church have the monopoly on morality? Read

Grant a dying man’s wish

I’VE never met Adrian Sudbury, but I’m proud to call him a colleague. Read

My foot's down on this one

I DON’T buy Jeremy Clarkson’s ludicrous claim that he drove on a public road at 186mph. Read

No mileage in petrol boycott

THERE’S a good chance you will have received an email recently urging you to boycott the two biggest oil companies, Esso and BP. Read

Beatrice didn’t deserve columnist’s cheap shot over looks

A SPOT of character assassination is a guilty pleasure most columnists enjoy now and again and I’m no different. But I like to think I choose my targets carefully . . . and that they deserve all they get. Read

Spot-kick spoiler in cup drama

MANCHESTER United or Chelsea? It was a tough call. Imagine someone asking whether you’d prefer them to poke you in the left eye with a sharp stick, or the right. It was a bit like that. Read

Gazza haunted by past glories

MENTAL illness is no respecter of fame and neither is the media. That’s why every spit and cough of the Paul Gascoigne saga has been played out in public. Read

Ripper must face punishment for crimes

I HAVE, in the past, been accused of being soft on criminals . . . an entirely mistaken assumption based on my belief that rehabilitation does work for some. Read

Katie's guest is thin skinned

I FEEL obliged to leap to the defence of ITV newsreader Katie Derham over her rather embarrassing gaffe during a live broadcast this week. Read

Monster’s crazy lies

I’D be interested to hear Josef Fritzl’s definition of a monster. He insists he’s no such thing because — and I quote — he could have killed his captives and disposed of their bodies, but chose not to. Read

It's hard to be positive, George

WORD has reached me that former Darlington Football Club chairman George Reynolds, left, is planning a new career . . . as an after dinner speaker! Read

Duo’s red faces

I LIKE Ant and Dec (who doesn’t?) and I’m prepared to give the Geordie duo the benefit of the doubt over the latest scandal involving phone-in scams and rigged competitions. Read

A flipping crazy way to punish this idiot

WHAT does drink-driver Laurence Douglas have to do to go to jail? Read

Who’s really failing?

I’VE always hated the concept of the Government releasing the list of so-called “failing schools”. Read

Justice is blind

Justice is blind

IF ever a picture said more than a thousand words it was of babysitter Suzanne Holdsworth during her trial for the murder of Hartlepool toddler Kyle Fisher. Read

Sexing up our schools

ONE of the stories of the week was about Labour peer Lord Laidlaw, a self-confessed sex addict who has caused embarrassment by his backing of the new education academy. Several things struck me about it. Read

New green levy is sickening

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners must be tickled green that the Government appears to be so firmly behind their cause. Read

Amy’s not a legend yet

DESPITE her outrageous antics, I have a lot of time for Amy Winehouse. Read

What makes Wayne’s WAG Coleen McLoughlin a journalist

AND so to the burning issue of the week. Sod the environment, never mind the revolting teachers and stuff Gordon Brown’s embarrassing 10p tax climbdown. Read

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