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Why I missed those trains

I MISSED two trains last week and both for the same reason. Read

Anyone for some schadenfreude?

IN this rain-soaked, so-called summer any good news is welcome. Read

We need to escape the office for lunch

ARE you reading this while munching a sandwich at your desk? Read

Classy innings of manly restraint

I’VE always liked Michael Vaughan. The now departed captain of the England cricket team has the sort of bluff, down-to-earth character befitting a man with roots in both Yorkshire and Lancashire. Read

Here’s to a speedy recovery

ON SUNDAY the actor Morgan Freeman was injured in a car crash in Mississippi. Read

Riviera’s overhead nuisance

WHAT hell it must be to own a house in St Tropez. More than 4,000 residents of the swish French resort have signed a petition demanding action against the scourge of their lives – helicopter flights. Read

Fine words, but can you cut the mustard?

ENJOY it while it lasts, Senator. Read

For Labour, better the devil you know

ANOTHER month, another disastrous by-election result for the Labour party. Read

Very special programme

I’VE been watching a lot of The World at War recently, mostly because it happens to be on UKTV History when I’m making my dinner. Read

Our Town Hall is so hidden-away

I WILL be off to Dewsbury this evening to report on the bun-fight that is the monthly meeting of Kirklees Council. Read

So now it’s only three miles to your ‘local’ post office

WHAT a surprise. Read

Big bother for shop kids

IN these gloomy economic times, you need something to cheer you up. Read

Councillors button it

IT’S the room where your council tax is set, and this time last year it was looking rather scruffy. Read

Change is a afoot

IT is in little, unguarded phrases that we reveal ourselves. Read

So viva España

A FEW weeks ago I wrote about the appalling standard of the BBC’s coverage of Euro 2008. Read

Treat people like adults over treaty

‘The EU needs some pretty drastic surgery if it’s going to face these new challenges’ Read

Ms Dion not the direst!

IT’S not often I feel moved to defend Celine Dion. Read

Final chance for salvation

ALONG with rising food prices and my receding hairline one of my chief worries is the rapture. Read

Ramblings from a lone rambler

I HAD a pleasant walk in the Dales at the weekend. Read

Poor Euro display from Beeb stars

WITH Euro 2008 underway, this is our last chance to enjoy the BBC’s live football coverage for a year. Read