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Beachcomber: 101 years old and still in a universe of his own...

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:25:00 +0000

NEWS of the death of Stephen Hawking left me saddened not only because the world has lost a great mind and a great man, but also because it means that I shall never be able to explain to him my theory of parallel universes.

University loans are taking their toll says VIRGINIA BLACKBURN

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:01:00 +0000

WHO would be a young person today?

Theresa May has finally stepped up for her country - EXPRESS COMMENT

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:01:00 +0000

COMETH the hour, cometh the woman.

Jeremy Corbyn is siding with the country’s enemies – again, says ROSS CLARK

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:22:00 +0000

With the fall of Soviet communism, gone were the days, one might have thought, that a Russian leader could look to the front bench of the British Labour Party for what Lenin would have called a “useful idiot”.

Rachel Nickell story reminds us about miscarriage of justice, says FERGUS KELLY

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:55:00 +0000

WATCHING the documentary Rachel Nickell: The Untold Story on ITV last week was a reminder of how easily a terrible miscarriage of justice can take place.

Jamie Carragher: Should we accept his apology for spitting at a teenage girl?

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:23:00 +0000

EX-Liverpool footballer turned Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher was filmed spitting at Andy Hughes's car after Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at the weekend. The spittle hit Mr Hughes's 14-year-old daughter. Here two Daily Express journalists give their opinion on whether Carragher's apology should be accepted.

There is light at the end of the austerity tunnel - EXPRESS COMMENT

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:10:00 +0000

FINALLY, light at the end of the tunnel. While it would be overstating it to say that Chancellor Philip Hammond had a spring in his step during yesterday’s Spring Statement, there are clear signs that the age of austerity is coming to an end and that in the autumn there will be both tax cuts and increased public spending.

How's a man supposed to know a woman is uninterested in his advances? asks ANN WIDDECOMBE

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:46:00 +0000

William Freeman is a man of 58 who has never even had a parking ticket but on an impulse he kissed a friend in the summer of 2016. She drew away and he immediately apologised. What he did was wrong and silly but it is not as if he kissed her lips or tried to fumble with her clothes or otherwise groped her.

Jackanory Spring Statement achieved its aims, says MACER HALL

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:01:00 +0000

SPREADSHEET Phil treated MPs to something of a Jackanory moment in his Spring Statement.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still enlightening tunnel ends...

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:42:00 +0000

JUST as the Chancellor was delivering his Spring Statement yesterday and talking about light at the end of the tunnel, by the most amazing coincidence I was giving my own spring statement on exactly the same subject.