Similar tales of guns in fishpond

I WAS interested to read the letter from Bill Millward about the two field guns which used to be sited either side of the front door to Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School.

Displeasure of a single MP vote

MR LATHAM is to be congratulated on his letter about those of our parliamentary representatives who appear to have devoted more of their energies to expense claims than to the scrutiny of an overbearing executive which, if evidence given to the Iraq enquiry is to be believed, is now more of a dictatorship than any monarch since Magna Carta.tiny of an

I need to live so I can bail you out

ONE of the big questions today that needs answering is ‘is global warming and climate change today the result of man made CO2 emissions or is it the natural cycle that has been going on for hundreds of millions of years...

Winter 1970 was a mild one

THE weather continues to mock the religion of global warming. The devotees must have very good central heating which they can afford to keep turned up and not look out of the window too often.

Badly let down - but rates keep going up

IT’S 1.30pm on Saturday in Leek and the roads are gridlocked. Derby Street is like a ghost town and the shops might as well all pack up and send the staff home early. The Butter Market is empty

A reply from the giant

IN THAT little town called Ashbourne, in the street named after the King, the townspeople were left wondering what would happen next after the big giant had been through their little, much loved...

When the giants dug up our field

ONCE upon a time, on a street named after the King, in a little town called Ashbourne there was a beautiful green field beside the river where the citizens sat on benches to eat their lunch...

Is it time we scrapped our MPs?

ALL three political parties have rushed headlong into taking us into the EU but none of them know if they have the people of our country behind them in this, in fact, they have never bothered to ask us.

The story of the field guns in the fishpond

I WAS interested in Bill Millward’s letter about the field guns outside the Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School.



National News


Gulf oil disaster costs BP £5.2bn

Gulf oil disaster costs BP £5.2bn

Oil giant BP has said that the cost of tackling the Gulf of Mexico disaster had risen to 8 billion US dollars (£5.2 billion) so far.

Buses and bikes to help in strike

Buses and bikes to help in strike

Details of a "major effort" to help people get to work during a strike by London Underground workers have been unveiled, including extra buses, escorted bike rides and more river journeys.



National Sport

Wales ready to shine - Toshack

Wales ready to shine - Toshack

John Toshack believes his overhaul of the Wales side can bear fruit in the forthcoming Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.

Keane hungry to right wrongs

Keane hungry to right wrongs

Robbie Keane will channel the bitter disappointment of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup exit into the quest for Euro 2012 qualification.

Naismith named in Scotland side

Naismith named in Scotland side

Steven Naismith will start for Scotland in their opening Euro 2012 opener against Lithuania as Craig Levein left James McFadden out of his first competitive line-up.