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Posted at 2:42pm Thursday 15th May 2008
So long, farewell...
After 20 months reporting on all the goings-on in Haringey I am spreading my wings and leaving the newspaper.
Posted at 8:27am Friday 9th May 2008
Are we going to make it another Blue day?
With election fever faded to a dull drone, my attention has turned to another, dare I say 'more important', title race.
Posted at 3:07pm Wednesday 16th April 2008
The tragedy of a much-loved TV presenter
The world of celebrity isn’t something I usually take part in. Whilst I do sometimes dabble in the odd fly-on-the-wall documentary following the c-lists as they go about their daily lives, I just don’t really care about the every day dramas of anyone who’s anyone.
Posted at 9:33am Friday 4th April 2008
Our Caribbean twin
It’s not difficult to see why Haringey decided it should twin itself with Barbados. After all the two places have nothing in common.
Posted at 3:20pm Wednesday 19th March 2008
The house of horrors
As a journalist, it is part of our job to go out and meet people, carry out face-to-face interviews and see first hand what it is we’re writing about.
Posted at 8:24am Wednesday 12th March 2008
A White Hart Lane broygus
I have a make of clothes at home, in between my River Island and Monsoon collections, by Rabbi’s Daughters.
Posted at 8:09am Monday 25th February 2008
A blue day for the blues
Despite being a lifelong Chelsea fan there’s no denying who deserved to win yesterday’s Carling Cup match against Tottenham at Wembley.
Posted at 1:41pm Monday 18th February 2008
Home sweet Haringey
I have just returned from a three day stint at the not so sunnier climbs of our third-cousin-once-removed paper, the Northern Echo in Darlington.
Posted at 11:41am Monday 11th February 2008
Anything goes at auction
A chocolate bar, featuring mould and dirt after spending far longer than its edible life squashed between the cushions of someone’s sofa, has sold for more than £200 on Ebay.
Posted at 1:41pm Thursday 31st January 2008
Why should the pensioners pay?
A playground exclusively for pensioners has opened up in Manchester.
Posted at 8:59am Monday 14th January 2008
Through the eyes of a child
Have you ever really sat down and thought at what age you start becoming a cynic in life? When the glass remains half empty, the shades of grey in the world are more black than white and being happy for no great reason is a shock to the system?
Posted at 2:31pm Tuesday 8th January 2008
Dancing on injuries
oh dear oh dear. It seems the celebrity ice rink has gone into meltdown.
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