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Childbirth is not a walk in the park, say RICHARD AND JUDY

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:43:00 +0000

Call The Midwife is back on TV tomorrow night: hurrah. Serendipitously, Helen George who plays nurse Trixie in the series, has been talking about having her first baby, a little girl called Wren four months ago.

Easy on the baby pics Mum, says JENNIFER SELWAY

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

HOW do you feel about being shown recent photos of a friend or family member’s baby? Do you a) relish opportunity to marvel at the beauty of creation, the dimpled cheeks, the tiny starfish hands? Or do you b) lose the will to live?

A Channel bridge? We don’t even use the tunnel enough, says ROSS CLARK

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

WHATEVER else you might say about our Foreign Secretary, you can’t accuse him of failing to think big.

Black-cab rapist should not be allowed out of jail - EXPRESS COMMENT

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

THE JUSTICE Secretary admitted he was not happy about the situation when announcing the Government would not be challenging the decision to release the “black-cab rapist” John Worboys.

Join the binoculars-wielding army in the name of citizen science, says John Ingham

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

ONE of the joys of being a father is being able to drive your family to distraction. Few habits annoy mine more than me using my mobile phone to jot down the birds I see and hear on walks and then send the data to the British Trust for Ornithology's BirdTrack.

West’s thirst for oil helped ruin Africa, says FREDERICK FORSYTH

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

TWO generations have elapsed since vast swathes of Africa took their independence – Ghana in 1957 and Nigeria in 1960. Yet still the horror stories emerge. Now veteran foreign correspondent Paul Kenyon has produced a startling book to explain why.

We must beware a French President who bears gifts, says TIM NEWARK

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:26:00 +0000

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron's offer of the Bayeux Tapestry coming to England for the first time in 940 years is a timely reminder of what happened the last time we were overwhelmed by illegal immigrants. After the defeat at the battle of Hastings in 1066 the unwelcome continental invaders wreaked havoc and slaughter, stealing land and property from the English and distributing it to their followers.

True cost of migration is far more than we thought - EXPRESS COMMENT

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

WE have known for a long time that this country has been spending a fortune combating the threat of illegal immigration but, even so, the figures are a shock.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still as bright as a dolphin...

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 22:52:00 +0000

THE year has only just begun yet I have already spotted a paper in an academic journal that will surely change the way we look at the world. Particularly if we are given to looking at the world in an underwater mirror.

Henry Bolton has given us a laugh over the Jo Marney saga says VIRGINIA BLACKBURN

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:26:00 +0000

IF THERE is one person waking up today with a smirk on her face it is going to be Tatiana Smurova-Bolton, the estranged wife of the leader of Ukip. Rarely has karma turned around so quickly to nip a person on the bum.