AS the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Family, you'd think Ed Balls would get it. The clue is in his title, poking him in the eye. Children.

18 July 2008 10:48

SHORT, sharp shocks used to work. Slamming the cell door to petrify the living daylights out of kids going off the rails was often enough to do the trick..

11 July 2008 10:19

EVENTS of the past week may well make 2008 become the year when Britain turned - a pivotal point in history that changed its population forever. Violent crime - no, that phrase has been so overused we're immune to its meaning - rather brutal, evil, savage, deranged barbarity has hit close to home with the shocking torture and killing of 17-year-old Simon Everitt..

04 July 2008 09:40

SEA air seems to addle the brain of some numpties who arrive at the beach on a hot day and take total leave of their senses. Their brains are left at home with their coats..

27 June 2008 12:33

A FRIEND of mine works night shifts in a supermarket to keep her family's head above water. A single mother, she has limited maintenance for her two sons from her ex-husband and struggles to make ends meet in the home she part owns with a housing association..