I was away on holiday when the Pier caught alight in 2008. Suddenly my phone went mad, with calls from everyone from my Mum to David Cameron’s office. I spoke to Kerry Michael, who was on his way home from Portugal, and agreed to meet him at the site the next day.…
John joined hundreds of local people who flocked to Blackford to attend the village’s harvest home on Saturday evening. Visitors had an enjoyable time at the event and ate a meal consisting of produce grown in the village. Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe gave a speech to open the harvest…
Starting a new job can be both exciting and daunting at the same time. You meet new colleagues and learn new skills, but many of us struggle at first with the detailed ins and outs of a new role. So spare a thought for the two new Cabinet Ministers, Jeremy…
I don’t often write about national issues in this column. But these aren’t normal times and, with the EU ‘Chequers agreement’ and Cabinet Ministers resigning, this week is an exception! There will be a huge amount of hot air about what we should or shouldn’t be asking for in the…