Archive for February, 2008

Cycling In Traffic

It is always sad to see a life lost when it could have been avoided. I have just been reading about a 19 year old cyclist who was killed by a young woman who was both speeding and sending a text on her mobile phone at the time of the accident. She has been sen...

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Us And Them

The head Metropolitan Police Chief, Sir Ian Blair, has written to the Commons Standards Commissioner to ask why the case of Derek Conway MP was not referred to the police. Derek Conway MP apparently paid his sons for ‘research’ for which he was una...

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Truancy Rates Highest For 10 Years.

News that school truancy figures are at their highest since 1997 are disappointing but should we be surprised? With all the attention on the National Curriculum there is little room for teachers to make education interesting or comprehensive. It has always bee...

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