Opinion

Our columnist Richard Oliffe says change - some but not all - is good, in this week’s column.

Our colmnist Helen Bach was wowed yet again by the Great British Bake Off!

COLUMN: Richard Oliff writes about the importance of Remembrance Day, particualrly 100 years on from the Armistice that ended the First World War.

A century ago, the First World War came to an end. The nation rejoiced, the streets were full, but life had changed forever.

I love dogs, in fact, I would almost go as far as saying that these days I prefer most dogs to most humans!

We’re hearing more and more in the news about the negative effects of loneliness.

Picture this - I’m sitting there one lunchtime, watching the News at 1pm, as is my habit now I’m a worker from home.

A confession.

Last Friday my nephew married his beautiful bride at a stunning country house in the middle of the Nottinghamshire countryside.

Names are fascinating and important. They are given to people and places; sometimes places are named after people and people after places. For example: take a name from a building, road sign, or plaque in the town and with a little bit of research, you could be absorbed by the lives of those people synonymous with our town whose footprints still surround us many years later.

I know everybody’s talking about Bodyguard, the BBC Sunday night show, but I’m afraid I can’t join in with the discussion because I haven’t seen it.

A foodbank is appealing for help with items it is in short supply of to continue its work with people in need.

The community of Wellingborough is being urged to ‘pull together’ to celebrate all their town has to offer in the first festival of art, music and culture.

We are four weeks into a seemingly never ending General Election campaign, one which is only creating excitement among avid players of political bingo.

Now that the warm (er) weather is threatening to show its face, plenty of Britons are rolling up their sleeves to do what they do best - DIY.

Dozens of drivers were caught breaking the speed limit during checks carried out on a housing estate in Wellingborough.

Deciding to have a late spring/early summer blitz, I have had a few areas in my flat painted which has meant having to move almost everything – not easy when space is so restricted.

When I was a young family doctor, long before I became a consultant in palliative medicine, and at a time when practices took their own night calls, I was woken by the telephone at about two in the morning.

So, England have a bad game, Gary Ballance is out, Ian Bell will bat at three, again and Joe Root is up to four. Kevin Pietersen is relaxing on a beach in St Lucia.