I’VE got a better idea for Lord Bichard, the peer who suggests that retired people should be put to work for their pensions.

I’VE got a better idea for Lord Bichard, the peer who suggests that retired people should be put to work for their pensions.

PERHAPS the country is not as hard up as we all have been led to believe. And while our esteemed Chancellor of the Exchequer tries to save his pennies by buying second class and then sneaking off into first class, austerity does not appear to matter when it comes to the redrawing of electoral boundaries and the forthcoming election of police commissioners.

HEARING justice minister Chris Grayling’s speech to the Tory Party conference about the amount of force one is allowed to use in defence of one’s home against intruders, I was reminded of that priceless Tony Hancock sketch about the threatening letters.

A BROCHURE plopped on to the Brewster door mat advertising adult education courses in Cumbria. There was one in the photography section “for the serious amatuer” (sic).

A BROCHURE plopped on to the Brewster door mat advertising adult education courses in Cumbria. There was one in the photography section “for the serious amatuer” (sic).

ON 15th November we are going to the polls to elect new police commissioners to head up forces in England and Wales — well, I think we are. Do you know what it’s all about?

LIKE Michael Parkinson, although not in such profusion, it has been my privilege during half a century as a reporter to meet many famous people. Unlike Parky, I am not selling life insurance on the television to make my claim.

IN April, 1995, Cumbria went football daft when Carlisle United made their first appearance at Wembley in the Auto Windscreens Shield final.

IN April, 1995, Cumbria went football daft when Carlisle United made their first appearance at Wembley in the Auto Windscreens Shield final.