A day that made me feel proud to be from Blackburn

Wednesday 1st December 2010 will I am sure be remembered by Blackburn people for many years to come.  There had been much publicity in the lead up to the Homecoming Service and parade by the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and most expected it to be well supported by the public.  However, I for one was amazed [...]

Repugnant that ‘Islam4UK’ plans protest march

Wootton Bassett is a small market town in Wiltshire. A few years ago it would rarely have made the front pages of the newspapers.

But for the saddest of reasons, Wootton Bassett has come to signify the fundamental decency of the British people.

It is through Wootton Bassett that the bodies of British servicemen and women killed in [...]