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George Tyndale: Give us half a Ruddy chance, Hodgson THEY think it’s all over – and it hasn’t even started.more

George Tyndale: Corruption of girls reaching sickening levels THE sexual exploitation of children ranks as one of the most despicable crimes imaginable.more

George Tyndale: Babies are the responsibility of parents, not the state IN an ideal world, the decision to have a child is taken by a husband and wife in a settled relationship.more

George Tyndale: Is this the way we should treat our heroes? HE was a career soldier, part of the special forces elite; proud to wear his paratrooper’s wings, one of the bravest.more

Drug cheats shaming the London 2012 Olympics by their presence I’m depressed to hear the news that sprinter Dwain Chambers and cyclist David Millar look likely to be able to compete for Team GB at the Olympicsmore

George Tyndale: Beauty pageants for kids should be banned IN traditional fairy tales, the princess is always beautiful, elegantly dressed and youthful.more

George Tyndale: Silly Me! The riots were all our fault of course REMEMBER the terrifying riots that tore apart British cities, including Birmingham, last summer?more

George Tyndale: Masterchef man Gregg needs to get a grip THERE’S no fool like an old fool – and there’s no fool like an ageing TV air-head.more

George Tyndale: We're all supporting Muamba, now can we get on with the game? NO ONE who witnessed footballer Fabrice Muamba collapse on the pitch will have been unaffected by the traumatic scene.more

George Tyndale: Seeing red over new Olympics kit for Team GB The much-loved Union flag has gone red, white and spew for the Olympics.more

George Tyndale: Osborne's double whammy Budget for grannies WITHIN days of learning they’re going to be hit with a granny tax, hard-up pensioners discovered they’ll no longer be able to get off their faces on cheap lager.more

George Tyndale: Oxford girl really a model of good behaviour

IT’S good to know sour-faced, humourless feminism is alive and kicking in our grandest seats of learning.Read

BARELY a day goes by without another shocking revelation about the phone-hacking scandal.Read

George Tyndale: Chuggers are a high street menace The Lancashire town of Burnley has taken the bold step of banning fundraisers from the streets for five days a week. more

George Tyndale: Pregnant celebs baring all is a bit old hat, Sophie SOPHIA Cahill, a former Miss Wales made a spectacle of herself when she walked down the catwalk in her birthday suit.more

George Tyndale: Sentencing well below the limit WHAT is it with judges that they think they have to behave like a cross between Father Christmas and a soppy social worker?more

George Tyndale: Adele would be nothing if The Suits didn't lift a finger WASN’T it delightful of Adele to stick up her middle finger at the Brit awards?more

IF you spent more than £20 million on something, you’d expect it to be good, wouldn’t you?Read

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