Our garden in Bloom

By Fred Hartshorn

Retired Engineer but now am a Therapeutic Counselor and charity volunteer. Ex DJ. MBACP, BSc(Hon), DipComp, DipCoun. Interested in books, computing, family and local history. Budding artist. and Musician.

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Nadhim Zahawi committed a serious breach of ministerial code, says Sunak 29/01/2023
The PM sacks his party chairman after ethics adviser criticises how Nadhim Zahawi handled tax affairs.
Hexham stabbings: Boy, 16, charged with murdering teenage girl 29/01/2023
Holly Newton, 15, was stabbed in Hexham on Friday evening and later died in hospital.
Richard Sharp: Johnson was told to stop asking for loan advice - report 29/01/2023
The then-PM was told to "no longer" seek advice from Richard Sharp before he became BBC chairman, the Sunday Times reports.
Dame Esther Rantzen reveals lung cancer diagnosis 29/01/2023
The charity founder and pioneering broadcaster says she feels "optimistic" about her treatment.
Struggling coast areas 'at risk of being forgotten' 29/01/2023
Levelling-up policies are at risk of failing to turnaround decades of inequality, a report says.
Man stabbed at Harrods amid reports of fight 29/01/2023
Police were called out to the department store on Saturday evening to reports of a fight.
Grenfell fire: Michael Gove says government guidance was a factor 29/01/2023
"Faulty and ambiguous" rules were not policed properly by various governments, Michael Gove says.
NCA assisting in Staffordshire junior doctor sexual assault probe 29/01/2023
The doctor is facing allegations of attacks on patients and is suspended from his role.
Newport: Pig owners reunited with Gertie who was dumped on a mountain 29/01/2023
Pig Gertie was taken and after an appeal, found abandoned on a mountainside 40 miles (64km) away.
Girl, nine, inspires 'letters to heaven' postbox 29/01/2023
Matilda came up with the idea after telling her mum she wanted to write to her grandparents who had passed away.