http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/ Read great articles from our North East news columnists. Interesting comment and opinion on current local and national news. en-gb Sunday Sun http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/24/what-price-her-life-79310-21593461/ Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/24/what-price-her-life-79310-21593461/ CANCER victim Maria Douglass is going to die sooner or later, so there’s really no point wasting tax payers’ money on her. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/24/donor-boost-testament-to-real-celebrity-adrian-sudbury-79310-21593459/ Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:28:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/24/donor-boost-testament-to-real-celebrity-adrian-sudbury-79310-21593459/ I HAVE no idea how I’d react if doctors told me I had an incurable disease. None of us do. But I doubt very much I would be as brave and inspirational as Adrian Sudbury, who died this week. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/24/relief-after-gary-glitter-lawyer-s-failure-79310-21593458/ Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/24/relief-after-gary-glitter-lawyer-s-failure-79310-21593458/ SPARE a thought for David Corker, the man with the most difficult job in the world right now. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/press-should-blame-georgia-79310-21545601/ Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/press-should-blame-georgia-79310-21545601/ WHEN Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982, Britain’s then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher responded in her customary iron-fisted way. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/charlie-should-modify-stance-79310-21545600/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/charlie-should-modify-stance-79310-21545600/ THERE’S no such thing as a genetically modified person . . . yet. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/peaches-is-a-parent-s-nightmare-79310-21545602/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/peaches-is-a-parent-s-nightmare-79310-21545602/ AS a parent of two teenagers, I’m used to having the occasional unwelcome surprise sprung on me. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/no-complaints-about-hilarious-chubby-bunny-youtube-videos-79310-21545603/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/no-complaints-about-hilarious-chubby-bunny-youtube-videos-79310-21545603/ LAST week I made reference to a “mature student” who choked to death after stuffing five cakes in his mouth during an eating contest, pointing out that he wasn’t that mature. I was expecting complaints . . . instead I’m thankful to one reader for making me aware of a bizarre new craze. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/driving-lessons-for-kids-79310-21547214/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/17/driving-lessons-for-kids-79310-21547214/ FREE 90-minute golf lessons and demonstrations from PGA professionals are available to any youngster — male or female, aged five to 16 — at The Rock Junior Golf Festival at the Matfen Hall Academy next Sunday. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/scotty-splashes-down-instead-of-beaming-up-79310-21504167/ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/scotty-splashes-down-instead-of-beaming-up-79310-21504167/ CAPTAIN’S log, stardate 2008. Things didn’t go quite to plan today. In fact, we screwed up big style and accidentally scattered Scotty’s ashes over the Pacific Ocean. Oops! http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/housing-help-needed-right-now-79310-21504168/ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/housing-help-needed-right-now-79310-21504168/ I MAY not be in the full flush of youth any more, but there are advantages to being a cynical old curmudgeon. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/cakes-death-student-was-hardly-mature-79310-21504171/ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/cakes-death-student-was-hardly-mature-79310-21504171/ IT was reported this week that a Welshman died during an impromptu competition be- tween friends to see who could eat the most fairy cakes. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/right-royal-rumpus-over-mps-oath-of-allegiance-79310-21504173/ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/10/right-royal-rumpus-over-mps-oath-of-allegiance-79310-21504173/ SUPPORTERS of the monarchy are getting themselves into a right royal rumpus over a campaign by renegade MPs to scrap the tradition of swearing an oath to the Queen. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/03/miliband-should-come-clean-about-his-intentions-79310-21455478/ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/03/miliband-should-come-clean-about-his-intentions-79310-21455478/ IS it any wonder the public mistrusts politicians when every word they utter has to be scrutinised for hidden meaning? http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/03/lydia-hearst-puts-brains-on-show-79310-21455477/ Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/08/03/lydia-hearst-puts-brains-on-show-79310-21455477/ LYDIA HEARST has quite a pedigree. She is the daughter of Patty Hearst, who was famously kidnapped by US guerilla group the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, and who went on to empathise with her captors. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/27/climate-change-deniers-in-hot-water-79310-21411836/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/27/climate-change-deniers-in-hot-water-79310-21411836/ CHANNEL 4 got a bit of a kicking this week over its controversial documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/27/hatchet-job-by-opera-snobs-and-posh-nobs-79310-21411834/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:29:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/27/hatchet-job-by-opera-snobs-and-posh-nobs-79310-21411834/ COULD there really be more than 2000 opera buffs among the topless totty-loving, sport-obsessed Sun readership? http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/27/max-mosley-s-reputation-takes-a-spanking-79310-21411833/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/27/max-mosley-s-reputation-takes-a-spanking-79310-21411833/ SO, world motorsport boss Max Mosley is £60,000 better off (like he needs it) after a judge decided he is a wronged man. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/20/mps-still-have-snouts-in-the-trough-79310-21371530/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/20/mps-still-have-snouts-in-the-trough-79310-21371530/ APPARENTLY we should all be eternally grateful for the noble sacrifice made this week by our MPs . . . namely, the abolition of the so-called John Lewis list. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/20/charvaism-is-a-culture-not-a-class-79310-21371528/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/20/charvaism-is-a-culture-not-a-class-79310-21371528/ A LEFT-WING pressure group wants to ban the word “chav” because it believes it to be offensive. I totally agree . . . it IS offensive, but isn’t that the point? http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/20/brand-new-piece-of-stupidity-79310-21371529/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/columnists/ken-oxley/2008/07/20/brand-new-piece-of-stupidity-79310-21371529/ WOULDN’T it have been hilarious if Russell Brand had been prosecuted for wasting police time over his pathetic hoax call?