i think i will probably regret saying this - but i wish i could hurry up and get swine flu. i'm looking ahead to booking my big holiday for late november and will no doubt be travelling through countries which scan on arrival. knowing my luck i will get the thing just before i depart. given the amou...

Re: The co-operative The internal politics of the Coop and the various societies has lead to them pretty much missing the 'convenience' boat, whilst Tesco and Sainsbury's have sailed ahead with their Express and Local formats. Customers have had to endure a seemingly never ending cycle of brand nam...

i don't think that article is particularly anti-welsh. i wonder how well it would go down if sports bosses decided to sing jerusalem before a welsh international. i'd imagine eye-brows would be similarly raised.

A bit out of date, but what do metropolers make of the standardisation of the various Co-operative movement's ventures' logos (though I suppose the Co-op isn't High Street)? There's both a Co-Op Bank and a Co-Op Travel on my high street, so there. As for standardisation, I'm fairly sure that the Co...

apologies if this has been posted elsewhere ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01429/william-hanson_1429423c.jpg willy hanson made the news last week - appearing in the telegraph dramatically quitting the filming of the current series of ladette to lady. http://www.telegraph...

Ilkeston Co-op Travel to Midlands Co-op Travel. No doubt they'll completely debase the brand one day and just change it to 'UK Co-op Travel'. why? midlands co-op travel is part of the midlands co-operative society, not the manchester based co-operative group. although midlands co-operative have ado...

i gave rustie lee a great big kiss *cue outrageous laugh*

Wonderful! Fantastic! Brilliant! This one is particularly close to my heart, but I really cannot better what you've said so I won't even try. All I will say though is that you've made my day by saying you've never had any major problems with CrossCountry. God bless you. i still haven't got over the...

Sounds like they're victims of the BBC Local 2010 plan, which is a big thing in BBC LR at the moment. Essentially they're trying to make the stations sound more fresh and up-to-date, and shedding the fuddy-duddy, twee image. Some stations need more work than others, and I understand BBC WM is one o...

I haven't a clue, Philip. We need somebody local to do a quick check up there. Somebody told me Studio 3, The Avenue pub from just down the road, had gone a little while ago, but not sure about Radio House. tis indeed still standing, and still called radio house. its a block of serviced offices the...

I would only go there if I could meet tvmercia, and Dan - if I got the timing right. Otherwise I would not. YAY, i would certainly find a window in my schedule to show you around this fine city. i could show you where rusty lee had a restaurant, where noel gordon waved from the roof of a hotel to a...