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Crazy weekend in London!

I was invited to an award ceremony in London and on a Monday. Spoke to my old head chef Claude Bosi who's now down in London. He told me to meet him at 7.30pm and also told me that Sat...

Posted by Glynn Purnell on October 11, 2008 5:56 PM

Finham couple's triumph in a Triumph

By Mary Griffin MOTOR-MAD Mark and Joanne McLean spent 48 hours driving 2,000 miles around Britain. The couple completed the Round Britain Reliability Run in their prized Triumph Stag. Mark and Joanne McLean back home after their gruelling round Britain...

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 9, 2008 12:01 PM

Discount designer fashion

IF THE credit crunch is making you miserable and your wardrobe is looking weary, I have two words to say to you Sample Sale. Yes just when we were beginnning to think sample sales were an urban myth we...

Posted by Emma Johnson on September 10, 2008 5:36 PM

Samuel Gardner's first trip to London

DAVID GARDNER, of Arnold Avenue, Styvechale, sent in this picture of his grandson Samuel Gardner who had wanted to go on the London Eye for some time. David said: "So we set off for his first trip to London. He...

Posted by Esh Capelo on September 2, 2008 9:38 AM

Coventry's University Hospital doctor given top academic honour

By Catherine Vondelebur A COVENTRY doctor, who specialises in treating high risk pregnancies, is the first consultant obstetrician in Britain to win one of the world's most prestigious academic awards. Dr Manu Vatish, is "amazed" to have been awarded one...

Posted by Esh Capelo on August 26, 2008 10:52 AM

I'm Not Alone

The Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2 in London finishes on Saturday, August 30. The Terracotta Army exhibition at the British Museum has now finished but you can always take a trip to China to see the real thing now...

Posted by Jan True on August 22, 2008 9:15 AM

Appeal date 8 Oct

Today I recd the phone call to let me know the appeal date is 8th Oct....

Posted by Alison Madgin on August 18, 2008 10:44 PM

How to lose weight and get thin?

I went to London last Thursday with my mum and sister. We enjoyed a spending spree along Regent Street and Oxford Street. I popped into Selfridges and a lovely sales assistant convinced me to buy some cream, which apparently...

Posted by Jo Kelly on August 4, 2008 11:19 AM

Who cares about the Olympics? Not me

I bet you're thinking to yourself, this has all been done before. Complaining about the Olympics is nothing new. Well I don't care, I'm going to do it again. The Olympics is a gloriously obscene, corrupt, grotesque, pointless, wasteful woolly...

Posted by Tom Scotney on May 22, 2008 5:45 PM

A problem of packing

OFF to the Big Smoke for a couple of days to see if the streets are paved with gold, not actual gold of the sort Dick Whittington was looking for, but golden sunshine. Unlike the future Marquis of Carabas I...

Posted by Laura Davis on May 16, 2008 8:30 AM

The wait is almost over...

SO the Sex and the City premiere finally took place in London last night. The D-list stars were our in force (why can't our red carpet celebs match those across the pond?) and the four stars posed for photos, signed...

Posted by Alpa on May 13, 2008 1:40 PM

Who is 'Boris Johnson' of Birmingham?

I don't know about you but the results of the London mayoral elections scare me a little. If Boris Johnson - a celebrity upper middle class buffoon - can take the crown, then there is something deeply disconcerting about the...

Posted by Roshan Doug on May 3, 2008 9:30 PM

Will Boris eclipse Mike?

Thursday is the big day for the politicians as the nation goes to the polls in the local elections. But they're going to have to wait for the result Westminster is most interested in, the winner of the London mayoral...

Posted by Jonathan Walker on April 29, 2008 3:27 PM

We went on This Morning yesterday

Well came back from London last night. Been down to This Morning show. I hope we did you proud Sam as I do feel the need to speak out for you. Fern was very nice woman and all the staff...

Posted by Alison Madgin on April 29, 2008 3:09 PM

Getting to ExCeL is a real pain - but London still gets it right

I made my first trip this week to ExCeL, the pocket-sized, hard-to-reach rival to Birmingham's NEC. As you might guess from that first sentence, yes - I am a little bit biased in my opinion. But I approached the experience...

Posted by Mik Barton on April 29, 2008 10:04 AM

Short story competitions

As you know I love writing competitions and one I have entered this year is the writers inc writers-of-the-year competition....

Posted by Susan Humphreys on April 20, 2008 1:29 PM

How much will the London Olympics cost?

There's a very noteworthy story hidden in the business section of today's Post. In a week of bad news about the Beijing Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced that the contracts for the main stadium and the swimming...

Posted by Stuart Pemble on April 9, 2008 6:28 PM

Send the Olympics home!

Skimming through the BNP website to check claims that the BNP has urged their supporters to pick Tory Boris Johnson as their second choice in London's Mayoral elections (it's true), I came across this gem of a policy: "Offer the...

Posted by Jonathan Walker on April 2, 2008 7:17 PM

Take a trip to London this Christmas

GAZETTE lifestyle editor Marie Turbill says if you love to shop then you must love London - especially at this time of year. The streets and buildings are adorned with glittering fairy lights and while that winter chill may seem...

Posted by Julie - Administrator on November 30, 2007 10:46 AM

Beastie Boys: Brixton Academy, London

Kevin Core discovers the Beasties still have license to thrill....

Posted by Peter Guy on October 7, 2007 6:00 AM