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Why British justice must be seen to be done

6:02pm Sunday 7th March 2010

A FEW weeks ago, I wrote a column about the secrecy surrounding the Doncaster 'devil brothers' which mentioned the Bulger killers.

Crouching Tiger, hidden panda, zebra crossing

7:30pm Monday 22nd February 2010

TIGER, Tiger, did you think it was going to be as easy as staging a press event before an invited audience and your public image would then become as clean as a drain cover soaking in Cillit Bang?

It's his party, and he'll cry if he wants to

7:39pm Friday 19th February 2010

I HAVE no problem with politicians giving interviews about their lives, how they have dealt with a family tragedy, even how they are eating eight bananas a day in the run-up to the general election.

Our trivial pursuit is just so tedious

9:00am Monday 8th February 2010

TEN things I couldn't care less about this week but which seem to be dominating the tabloids: 1. Katie Price and that thick-necked man getting married, and whether it's a publicity stunt. Whatever.

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You've got to love that jim-jam ban

5:58pm Friday 5th February 2010

ANYONE who works in Maesglas, Newport, will have seen people in the local shop in their pyjamas, dressing gown and slippers.

Time to lift the cloak of secrecy

4:26pm Monday 25th January 2010

THE big problem with the Doncaster 'devil brothers' not being named now is that it allows their parents to hide behind the cloak of their sons' anonymity.

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In the snow, some people are just so flaky

9:50am Monday 18th January 2010

THE stories of Good Samaritans helping others across Gwent during the snow were enough to warm the cockles of even the hardest newshound's heart over the past few weeks.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

1:09pm Monday 21st December 2009

PUMP up the inflatable Homer Simpson Father Christmas, it's nearly December 25 and is seems we have lost all sense of taste and proportion.

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Here's some food for thought

7:20pm Sunday 22nd November 2009

IT'S time to ban the publication of all food-related research, before we are all so bamboozled by advice that our brains fuse and stop working altogether.