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Shhhhhhhh! They are getting rid of our kids’ school libraries
A cost-cutting pilot scheme in the Scottish Borders in which pupil volunteers are replacing qualified school librarians has been branded “folly” and a false economy.
Scottish...
Just a game of Chequers. . .
A former Liberal Democrat town councillor and still an active party campaigner, PETER WATTS is perturbed at what he sees as confusion and obfuscation apparent in...
The North
Assaulting, obstructing and abusing Environment officer costs Tillside farmer £4,000
A TILLSIDE FARMER’S long-running grievance with Environment Agency officers over pollution problems at his New Heaton dairy farm erupted into a confrontation, Berwick magistrates...
The day local justice tried to shut up shop
WORRYING SIGNS THAT the ability of the press to keep the public informed is under threat emerged briefly when HMCTS (Her Majesty’s Courts and...
Shhhhhhhh! They are getting rid of our kids’ school libraries
A cost-cutting pilot scheme in the Scottish Borders in which pupil volunteers are replacing qualified school librarians has been branded “folly” and a false economy.
Scottish...
Pounding heart, headaches, depression? My doctor has diagnosed it as Trumpit!
PETER MORTIMER is unwell. He is confused. Can his doctor supply the healing balm or is your poor columnist beyond help?
I VISITED MY DOCTOR Nothing...
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around: I first heard that saying in the Midlands. The French would say plus ça change. If you’ve ever tried...
