If your family is like ours in the run up to the school holidays, there can be something of a scramble to find activities (as well as copious snacks) to keep small people occupied. For people on lower incomes, things can be more difficult.
April not only brings with it lighter evenings and (hopefully) some more spring like weather (less rain please!) but it also marks the start of the new financial year.
I recently joined a group of school and college leaders from across Hampshire at Swanmore College at a meeting convened by the County Council and my colleague Flick Drummond, MP for Meon Valley.
In this week's column I am writing about the menopause.
A few years ago that might have raised a few eyebrows, but it’s a subject we should talk about without embarrassment or awkwardness. That lid has been lifted thanks in part to the openness of celebrities such as Davina McCall.
When people think about the countryside, the first image is often green fields full of grazing sheep or lumbering cows (and the great country pubs of course!).
Last week’s news agenda was of course dominated by the Budget. Top of the list of priorities was to maintain the progress on driving down inflation and debt, and encouraging growth.
For this week's column for the Herald and Post I return to the subject of fraud...
I wouldn’t normally answer a call on my mobile if I didn’t see a number I recognised. But the other day I did. It had rung several times; perhaps it was something important.
