How many times has Gordon Brown rebuked David Cameron for questioning him about personality and not policy at PMQs?And yet today the Prime Minister pu...
Posted by Joey Jones on 10 March 2010 | 10:53 am
Since the somewhat quixotic decision of the pro-European MP Quentin Davies to cross the floor to Labour because of his personal admiration for Gordon...
Posted by Adam Boulton on 9 March 2010 | 4:30 pm
Harriet Harman has been on TV playing the populist card against the rules for the Leaders' Debates."Why do we have to control the British audience?" s...
Posted by Adam Boulton on 8 March 2010 | 2:39 pm
Last weekend's opinion polls don't make things look any worse for the Conservatives. But nor do they dispel the impression that the Conservatives are...
Posted by Adam Boulton on 8 March 2010 | 2:28 pm
Is the F word poisoning young minds and mouths? Nadine Dorries, Tory MP for Mid-Bedfordshire, seems to think so. This morning, as I si...
Posted by Sara Mojtehedzadeh on 8 March 2010 | 1:56 pm
I moved house this week and perhaps my patience ain't what it used to be but I am wearied by the number of press officers / special advisers who...
Posted by Katie Snape on 6 March 2010 | 9:23 pm
Political correspondents often feel we know more about a story BEFORE we get the detailed briefing than AFTER.And maybe those long-suffering Chilcott...
Posted by Peter Spencer on 5 March 2010 | 4:13 pm
Why hello there, m'Lord!I can only assume that Mandy also enjoys poetry and long walks on the beach.But are you swept off your feet??
Posted by Sara Mojtehedzadeh on 5 March 2010 | 10:06 am
I've just bumped into the always-chatty Labour MP Denis MacShane. Our conversation, as you might expect, was about Lord Ashcroft and Labour's onslaugh...
Posted by Jon Craig on 4 March 2010 | 6:49 pm
The normally sure-footed William Hague is wobbling.After listening to the battering he took from Harriet Harman (yes, really) on Lord Ashcroft at Prim...
Posted by Jon Craig on 3 March 2010 | 9:16 pm
After I reported a number of potholes in Taverham and Thorpe Marriott in recent weeks, Norfolk County Council finally came along to fill in some of th...
Posted by on 9 March 2010 | 8:55 pm
For almost as long as I have been involved in Norfolk politics, Tesco have been trying to bully, buy, threaten and harrass their way in to the town of...
Posted by on 5 March 2010 | 9:59 pm
I got to hear PMQs on the radio yesterday as I was travelling to go on a PE course at lunchtime. What struck me was how much the listener missed becau...
Posted by on 4 March 2010 | 7:16 am
It is good news for the electors and for democracy that Prime Ministerial debates have been agreed between the Lib Dems, Labour and the Conservatives...
Posted by on 2 March 2010 | 10:14 pm
When I am dealing with a disagreement between children, when it is clear they are both in the wrong and both behaving in a way that is not acceptable,...
Posted by on 1 March 2010 | 5:28 pm
There has been much discussion locally about the Eco Town project supported by the Labour government government and local Tory councils in Norfolk, in...
Posted by on 28 February 2010 | 6:51 pm
Norfolk Tories want to turn off most street lights at night, in a move which has angered lots of people across Norfolk. Yet whilst door knocking today...
Posted by on 27 February 2010 | 5:39 pm
When canvassing today in Taverham, I was surprised to hear from local residents that they had been canvassed by the Conservatives who were claiming to...
Posted by on 27 February 2010 | 4:18 pm
At last night's meeting at Broadland District Council to vote on the new development plan for Broadland, the council's attitude towards the NDR and th...
Posted by on 26 February 2010 | 8:35 pm
I shall be attending my second Broadland Council meeting in two weeks tonight as an ordinary member of the public (which is ironically the same number...
Posted by on 25 February 2010 | 4:58 pm
Is it any wonder that people so distrust central government and the whole circus of Westminster politics when decisions that seem obvious to everyone...
Posted by on 22 February 2010 | 5:20 pm
When out delivering leaflet yesterday I was starting to feel a combination of the cold, fatigue (I am approaching the age of 40) and a lack of sugar,...
Posted by on 20 February 2010 | 8:41 pm
As a friend of mine texted me this evening "Why can't Archant (publishers of the EDP) get your name right ?"Yes, it might seem odd to some p...
Posted by on 19 February 2010 | 9:32 pm
Some people may have picked up on this already, but I am the official Liberal Democrat candidate in the Taverham North Ward by-election to be held on...
Posted by on 19 February 2010 | 12:00 pm
I went to get some petrol today in Taverham, and as I was sorting out my PIN number when paying, the chap behind the counter said "You still teaching...
Posted by on 17 February 2010 | 9:47 pm
Given that Norfolk County Council are threatening to stop gritting roads where I live in Thorpe Marriott (Taverham), you would imagine that they would...
Posted by on 16 February 2010 | 7:29 pm
You can't help but marvel at the irony and hypocrisy of the BNP throwing a journalist out of their recent meeting because, they claim, he told lies ab...
Posted by on 15 February 2010 | 8:38 pm
I can see why Labour's spin doctors encouraged Gordon Brown to be interviewed by his friend Piers Morgan after watching the interview this evening. I...
Posted by on 14 February 2010 | 11:46 pm
I've just seen the weather forecast live on BBC1. They make absolutely no mention of snow over Norfolk this morning. In fact, they state we will have...
Posted by on 14 February 2010 | 4:38 pm
Less than a year ago a mini roundabout was completely resurfaced near where I live. This was several days work, caused a lot of disruption, but was ac...
Posted by on 14 February 2010 | 4:38 pm
Lets manke one thing clear, I am not a great fan of the EU, the way it works, its institutions, its parliament or most of its policies. Like communism...
Posted by on 11 February 2010 | 11:01 pm
According to BBC Look East this evening, Conservative run Norfolk County Council are giving serious consideration to stopping the gritting of all side...
Posted by on 11 February 2010 | 9:09 pm
After a leak last week giving away the government's position on the proposals for unitary councils in Norfolk, the government today officially an...
Posted by on 10 February 2010 | 10:11 pm
A few months ago it was widely reported that Tory run Suffolk County Council was offering a salary greater than that earned by the Prime Minsiter in o...
Posted by on 9 February 2010 | 9:25 pm
The Labour Party has had an enforcement notice served on it after using obtrusive autodialer phone systems to make unsolicited calls to voters using a...
Posted by on 9 February 2010 | 8:22 pm
From European Champions to relegation fodder in seven years ?It could happen to Liverpool.After a ninth league defeat this season - at Wigan - a might...
Posted by Nick Powell on 9 March 2010 | 5:18 pm
Here it is:My England squad for the World Cup provided everyone stays fit AND a certain few here play regularly(and find some form) by the end of May.
Posted by Chris Skudder on 4 March 2010 | 10:29 pm
How many captains does it take to get through a month ?For England, slightly embarrassingly, the answer is five.February 5 dawned with John Terry stil...
Posted by Nick Powell on 4 March 2010 | 5:19 pm
Boo John Terry at Wembley ?What on earth for ?Why would an England fan pay good money to see the national team's last match before Fabio Capello names...
Posted by Nick Powell on 2 March 2010 | 5:29 pm
It's not so much a super-modern airport, more a space station.But I've come to McLaren's all-glass-and-steel headquarters in Surrey to interview not C...
Posted by Nick Powell on 1 March 2010 | 2:52 pm
Weak, pathetic, wimpish. Just some of the condemnations hurled in Wayne Bridge's direction by several of my esteemed colleagues in the sporting media...
Posted by Nick Powell on 25 February 2010 | 3:46 pm
You won't be surprised to know the Germans got there first - the pick of the World Cup training camps (near Pretoria),...
Posted by Chris Skudder on 24 February 2010 | 2:31 pm
So Steve Harmison reckons Andrew Strauss is letting the side down by not touring Bangladesh.Oh, you mean Steve Harmison, the man who quit one day cric...
Posted by Charlie Thomas on 8 February 2010 | 7:01 pm
The scenes at Wembley on Friday were quite extraordinary as the media pack awaited news on John Terry's fate over the England captaincy.Six satellite...
Posted by Richard Conway on 5 February 2010 | 11:42 pm
Football managers are - almost without exception - appalled by the notion of the January transfer window.They dislike the speculation and the distract...
Posted by Simon Ellis-Jones on 1 February 2010 | 2:46 pm
A short, sharp reminder of what Chatterbox pundits were saying a week or so ago...How's that for a delay?! Best of Chatterbox has really surpassed its...
Posted by Keith Stuart on 10 March 2010 | 10:25 am
The place to talk about games and just about anything else too...Wednesday's edition of ChatterboxGamesGreg Howsonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News...
Posted by Greg Howson on 10 March 2010 | 8:30 am
Did you go?Only the biggest gaming brands get their own retail launch event and Final Fantasy 13 was one of them. The UK launch event was held in Lond...
Posted by Greg Howson on 10 March 2010 | 7:27 am
Final Fantasy XIII is released today. But how well do you know the rest of the series?Jack Arnott...
Posted by Jack Arnott on 9 March 2010 | 2:49 pm
The veteran UK publisher reveals a brand new hyper-kinetic first-person shooter.It's called Bodycount and it's from the co-designer of frenzied PS2 cl...
Posted by Keith Stuart on 9 March 2010 | 12:15 pm
All the most intriguing iPhone titles from this year's Independent Games Festival...Every year the wonderful Independent Games Festival takes place al...
Posted by Keith Stuart on 9 March 2010 | 10:57 am
Nintendo DS; £29.99; cert 7+; SegaNostalgia and games are rarely a good mix. Booting up childhood favourites like Manic Miner or some other similarly...
Posted by Greg Howson on 9 March 2010 | 8:50 am
The place to talk about games and just about anything else too...Tuesday's edition of ChatterboxGamesGreg Howsonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News &...
Posted by Greg Howson on 9 March 2010 | 8:25 am
Jesse Divnich of EEDAR recons this is just the beginning of a new industry power struggle...Last week began with two staff members allegedly being esc...
Posted by Keith Stuart on 8 March 2010 | 4:33 pm
PC; £19.99; cert: 7+; Related Designs/UbisoftOf all the RTS/Sim hybrids, Anno 1404 was one of the most enjoyable. It neatly combined the city-buildin...
Posted by Mike Anderiesz on 8 March 2010 | 3:43 pm
Your quick fix of phone gaming news.Every Monday from now on, I'm going to try to package up all the mobile, iPhone and Android news into one convenie...
Posted by Keith Stuart on 8 March 2010 | 2:54 pm
How was it for you?So how was your weekend gaming then? Still ploughing through Heavy Rain/Mass Effect/Bioshock? Clearing the gaming decks for Final F...
Posted by Greg Howson on 8 March 2010 | 8:45 am
The place to talk about games and just about anything else too...Monday's edition of ChatterboxGamesGreg Howsonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & M...
Posted by Greg Howson on 8 March 2010 | 8:25 am
The super-sized handheld is in shops today...The 4.2 inch screens are a whopping 93 percent larger than those of the Nintendo DS Lite, the displays ar...
Posted by Keith Stuart on 5 March 2010 | 2:15 pm
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360; £49.99; cert 16+; Square EnixLife would be a lot simpler without expectations. Expectations lead to disappointment, disap...
Posted by Jack Arnott on 5 March 2010 | 1:40 pm
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home against police wishes, the BBC learns.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 2:06 pm
A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:59 pm
Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:57 pm
The US Vice-President meets the Palestinian leadership, after Israeli plans for more homes in East Jerusalem are announced.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:46 pm
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:33 pm
David Cameron demands an apology from Gordon Brown over alleged "slurs" by Labour MPs against defence chiefs.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:32 pm
Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew are continuing at the TUC, after a deadline was extended.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:18 pm
Plaid Cymru and the SNP say planned televised debate plans breach the BBC's duty of impartiality.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:14 pm
Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:07 pm
Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:06 pm
Test yourself, now Royal Mail will no longer limit the stuff...
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:04 pm
England bowler Graham Onions is ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh with a back injury, but there are more encouraging signals about Stuart...
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:02 pm
A care home manager from Somerset accused of killing two of her residents has denied she was a "drug-crazed monster killer", a court is told.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:55 pm
Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:53 pm
Around 150 jobs will go at the Toyota plant on Deeside, Flintshire, as part of 750 posts going across the UK.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:50 pm
Gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:30 pm
More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:05 pm
Onlookers watch gang steal jewels in broad daylight...
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:02 pm
Former UTV presenter Fearghal McKinney tells a press conference that he wants to be part of a "new era" in NI politics.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 11:27 am
A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 11:19 am
Radio 1 is broadcasting midweek singles and album figures for the first time during a new weekly show on Wednesday afternoons.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:55 am
The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:43 am
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praises the resolve of Nicklas Bendtner, who put recent media criticism behind him by scoring a hat-trick in the 5-0 Cha...
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:34 am
Police will start DNA swabbing sessions later to attempt to find the murderer of an elderly woman in Hampshire.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:30 am
South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:29 am
Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 10:19 am
Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 9:48 am
Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 9:00 am
The driving test should have compulsory questions on level crossings to teach good habits in learner drivers, says Network Rail.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 8:05 am
Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are banned indefinitely from representing their country.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 7:56 am
About 60% of prisoners serving short sentences reoffend within a year. Is prison the right answer?
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 4:46 am
Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:26 am
Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 1:16 am
One of the world's leading Scotch whisky suppliers warns Scottish jobs could go under plans for minimum drink pricing.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:54 am
The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:19 am
The Hollywood actor Corey Haim has died.The 38-year-old who starred in hit 80s films like The Lost Boys and License To Drive is reported to have passe...
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Sara Cox's third baby is due any day now.But that's not going to stop the Radio 1 DJ looking her very best.
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As if things weren't bad enough for Cheryl Cole, it seems she now has competition in the battle for the biggest, glossiest hair.Model Amber Le Bon has...
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Bags are out - babies are the accessory du jour.Hey, if Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford is doing it, it must be in.
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Geri Halliwell has a message for us all.Although she doesn't look like she's taking her own advice on a stroll through London.
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Alexa Chung's trying her hand as a photographer at the Chanel show in Paris.We're not quite sure she knows how to work the camera though...See all the...
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The legality of Katie Price's Las Vegas wedding to Alex Reid has recently been called into question.The News Of The World claimed the minister who mar...
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There's only one star who could get a stride on in skintight leather and vertiginous stilettos.Take a guess and see if you get it right.
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This satin red stiletto belongs to Beyonce - see more shoes made for Hollywood's A-list.Our LA reporter Diem is at Stuart Weitzman HQ - the place wher...
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Lindsay Lohan is demanding $100 million (approx £66 million) from online share trading company E-Trade over its advert that she says parodies he...
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Daisy Lowe's proving she's a model to be reckoned with.Her latest campaign is for none other than super-luxury label Louis Vuitton.
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Myleene Klass is an "emotional eater", "who is not naturally slim".These are the TV presenter's own words, as she reveals her daily struggle to mainta...
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Cheryl Cole has sparked rumours Girls Aloud as we know them are finished.The singer referred to her role in the band in the past tense while she was p...
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Tess Daly stepped out on the red carpet at last night's TRIC Awards.But a certain man was notably absent...
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It can't be easy following in the footsteps of Julia Roberts, but her niece, Emma Roberts, is already proving she can hold her own.The stunning 19-yea...
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Our LA reporter Diem catches up with America Ferrera to talk weddings and marriage.We find out what America thinks is more important - friendship or l...
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Victoria Beckham's little feud with Katie Price is no secret.But how long can it carry on?Well, if rumours are to be believed, it doesn't look like it...
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This actress has an interesting take on handbag accessories.She's taking her puppy out in New York - but we can't help but feel her doggie might like...
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Lindsay Lohan's fashion career has come to an abrupt end, The House of Viktor & Rolf finds a unique way to grab the front row's attention at Paris...
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Give a fashionable gift this Mother’s Day with a little help from my-wardrobe. com.The home to accessible designer fashion has a fantastic offer...
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