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.

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

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


Dragons' Den stars in non-dom spat

Dragons' Den stars in non-dom spat

Duncan Bannatyne has had a dig at Dragons' Den colleague James Caan over his tax status.

23% of MPs 'would escape politics'

23% of MPs 'would escape politics'

A quarter of MPs (23%) would not go into politics if they were starting their careers again, according to a poll which uncovered low morale at Westminster in the wake of the expenses scandal.



National Sport

Tindall out to 'annoy the French'

Tindall out to 'annoy the French'

Mike Tindall is determined to spoil France's Grand Slam party in Paris on Saturday night.

Murray advances to last eight

Murray advances to last eight

Andy Murray eased into the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after fourth-round opponent Nicolas Almagro was forced to retire with an ankle injury.

Petchey - Draper must take responsibility

Petchey - Draper must take responsibility

Mark Petchey hopes John Lloyd will not be made a "scapegoat" for Great Britain's Davis Cup debacle after stepping down as captain on Wednesday.



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