SMOKING, littering, speeding, drunkenness, rowdiness and loud music are all deemed anti-social by law. All unfit for civilized society if done in public places.

26 February 2010 09:34

SO Gordon Brown says he has never hit or assaulted his staff. That's a relief. A Prime Minister managing by violence is hardly gold standard industrial relations in the highest office of the land..

19 February 2010 10:11

A BRIGHT crisp half-term afternoon in Lowestoft. Children should be wrapped up against the cold enjoying the sunshine tearing around the park, building dens in the garden, playing make believe or running along the beach..

12 February 2010 10:00

THE only thing gruff grumpy roly-poly former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had going for him was his wife, Pauline. Stalwart and glamorous yet warm and maternal, her radiant perfectly made up smile countering his customary grimace, she was his saving grace..

05 February 2010 10:15

I CAN'T abide a weedy child. The sort who throws a hissy fit if he or she gets a speck of muck on a t-shirt, is terrified to stand close to a tree let alone climb one, refuses to run in case they fall over and constantly has the “sniffles..

29 January 2010 10:21

MY friend's father was made redundant last week. He was 75. He loved his work as a plumber and is distraught that the structure of his day and week has been forced to a sharp end..