DOG mess is revolting, stinking and vile. Allowing a dog to poo in the street is no more acceptable than a man urinating in a shop doorway. But Dodge the Nasty Pile is a game we all have to play as we navigate our way gingerly along paths and lanes.

02 September 2010 16:01

SOME time today, 18-year-olds will emerge from their bedrooms with sore heads from the night before. Celebrating or drowning their sorrows, real life for them starts here..

12 August 2010 10:37

A FRIEND'S 14-year-old daughter has been looking for a holiday and weekend job along with her 15-year-old brother. Both have written letters, knocked on doors and gone back to employers up to four times to try to catch the manager but, so far, neither has had any luck..

06 August 2010 11:30

TO describe anyone as “thick” or “fat” four months ago would have been tantamount to inflicting a mortal wound. The culprit would have been hauled before the Court of Hurt Feelings and prosecuted by the political correctness police..

30 July 2010 10:50

ONE week in and already mothers are moaning they can't get through the day without regular refuges in the cupboard under the stairs for a quiet scream..