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Planting season is finally with us, says ALAN TITCHMARSH

Sat, 12 May 2018 15:57:00 +0100

WHILE most people are still on their second cup of coffee, gardeners all over the country will be feverishly plucking trays of plants from greenhouses, conservatories and cold frames and ransacking sheds for trowels and trugs.

The EU debate now returns to the Commons, says MACER HALL

Sat, 12 May 2018 13:30:00 +0100

THERESA May faces some serious repair work after a wrecking spree by ermine-clad vandals at Westminster. Brussels backing peers emasculated her Brexit plans almost beyond recognition in a series of 14 House of Lords defeats that came to a climax this week.

When does a fetish turn into illness? Asks RICHARD AND JUDY

Sat, 12 May 2018 11:15:00 +0100

PEOPLE who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder get really, really angry when people say things like: "Oh, I'm a bit OCD, me. I have to have all my socks in one drawer and my pants in another."

One cheer for the Tory initiative on grammar schools, says Chris McGovern

Sat, 12 May 2018 09:27:00 +0100

DAMIAN HINDS, the Education Secretary, has announced a £50million funding package to support grammar schools that wish to expand. An underlying intention is to increase the number of grammar school places for children from underprivileged backgrounds.

Yes, ban wet wipes, says JENNIFER SELWAY

Sat, 12 May 2018 10:20:00 +0100

WHEN my children were little I was in awe of other mothers who were so much better equipped than me. They never left the house without a knapsack filled with juice cartons, little bits of pitta bread, satsumas, small packs of raisins and batons of carrots in plastic tubs.

Armed Forces personnel deserve better than this - EXPRESS COMMENT

Sat, 12 May 2018 09:15:00 +0100

MEMBERS of Britain's Armed Forces sign up for dangerous work and if they are fortunate enough to survive they find themselves hounded years afterwards over decisions made in the heat of battle.

Iran may pose a bigger challenge than North Korea, says TIMOTHY STAFFORD

Fri, 11 May 2018 13:22:00 +0100

THE world waits with bated breath for the Trump-Kim summit. Yet although North Korea is hitting headlines, Iran may pose the bigger challenge. In the two years since the nuclear deal was agreed, Iran has pursued an increasingly expansionist form of politics.

Our addiction to sugar is costing lives and money - EXPRESS COMMENT

Fri, 11 May 2018 10:30:00 +0100

IT'S official: sugar is the new smoking. The country seems to have given up one vice only to take up another and the consequences are quite as serious.

Time to reform the Lords from top to bottom, says ROSS CLARK

Fri, 11 May 2018 10:37:00 +0100

I HAVE witnessed some strange turnarounds in my time. Who would have guessed that coal-mining, once a cause-célèbre on the Left, would come to be damned by the same people as an environmental evil?

China, not the US, pulls Kim's strings, says FREDERICK FORSYTH

Fri, 11 May 2018 10:43:00 +0100

LARGE parts of the Western world seem to be having the vapours because a North Korean tyrant has shaken hands with a South Korean president. Without confirmable action by Kim Jong-un it doesn't mean a damn thing.