The above heading is from a recent newspaper headline this week just after Boots has announced it will close 300 of its pharmacies....

Spain is currently being repeatedly quoted as the main European example of “climate crisis” affecting Agriculture. Although I do not...

Marcus Ryder is an accomplished author, journalist and activist. Yesterday he tweeted that he had seen the new Disney Little Mermaid with...

In response to the planned closure of Seahouses and Alnwick branches of Barclays Bank Councillors Gordon Castle, Wendy Pattison and Guy...

2023 saw me living in Amble Northumberland for the first time having moved from my native Lincolnshire. In February I started to work...

Much of our water and sewage system owes its existence to the Victorian era of expansion. Water supply and sewage were essentially...

The ambulance service is possibly one of the most abused and misused aspects of healthcare along with A&E To prove my point lets look at...

East Midlands Ambulance Service has warned of slower response times during the strikes and in recent weeks. I guess some may not notice...

Truth is often seen as a singularity, but, especially in politics it is often a plurality. This is because truth often depends on...

This is the first of six posts inspired by the thoughts and words of Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart in their highly successful...

This is my home. Built in 1980's by Scott Builders in Spalding these houses won awards at the time for energy saving insulation. Indeed,...

Any government that cannot control inflation will not remain a government for long. Yet we see many administrations ringing their hands...

Last night I watched a program by Hannah Fry looking at why some people are against vaccines. Part of the discussion was about truth and...

Throughout 2022 the world has been left in no doubt of the gravity of the economic situation with which we are now faced. Almost daily...

The “Dutch N” case and the “Urgenda” case are compelling the Dutch government to seek massive reductions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and...

“Twice as much food using half as many resources” was the ambitious aim of Dutch Agriculture. Indeed, you can see it being achieved and...

In 2003 I wrote a letter to the local press “Wake Up Spalding we are being short-changed”. About two weeks later I was approached by an...

Holiday homes and second homes are a paradox for the rural dweller. On one hand tourism provides income and employment to the local...

If you build bird boxes you get birds. If you build affordable housing you get employees.....at least that's the hope. If you go back In...

This post is about the scourge in housing that blights Spalding – the multiple-occupancy house. One of the greatest gifts that a...