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Tyndale: Bring back the old style police

IF YOU have been wrestling with the mystery of who robbed us of our coppers, we have been given a clue.Read

Tyndale: Britain can't afford anymore 'benefits babies'

AROUND 50,000 “benefits babies” will be born in Britain in the coming year.Read

Bizarre that Liverpool police were thanked in Rhys Jones trial

EACH of the statements read out at the end of the trial into the killing of schoolboy Rhys Jones thanked, in one way or another, the Liverpool police.Read

Dying shame of the powers that be

CRAIG Ewart died a dignified and peaceful death, as a television audience witnessed.Read

Plane Stupid’s airport campaign makes sense to me

WHEN a few dozen students brought Stansted Airport to a standstill what we should have heard was a roar of approval from a grateful nation.Read

Stub out the booze sales

SHOPS are to be ordered to hide cigarettes from customers.Packets will have to go under the counter in supermarkets from 2011 and in other stores two years later.Read

Criminal decision fails victims

A NEW get out of jail card has just been handed to burglars and thieves who appear in our courts.Read

Speaking truth on illegals is not a crime

IT was a scandal. Thousands of illegal immigrants had been given official licences to work in the security industry.Read

Shame on Beeb over more foul-mouthed outbursts

THE BBC continues to paddle around in its muddy puddle of obscenity and offensiveness.Read

Poverty is the real Thai scandal

AT some point this weekend we will hopefully hear the end of that whining noise as the last aircraft touches down bringing back holidaymakers who were stranded in Thailand.Read

Ignore new US war cry

WHEN he stood to collect his campaign medal for fighting in Afghanistan Paratrooper Tom Neathway showed the kind of fortitude every soldier hopes he’ll never have to summon.Read

Tyndale: Time to strip out city clubs

wMPs are trying to decide what to do about lap dancing clubs.Clearly this should be a five minute job.Read

Britain’s lasting heritage will be a Primark top

Britain’s lasting heritage will be a Primark topRead

Tyndale: MP’s bingeing truths off menu

MP’s bingeing truths off menuRead

Tyndale: Alistair Darling's answer to the credit crunch? Spend!

BOUGHT your toaster yet? Or have you really done your bit to save the nation and splashed out on a wide-screen TV?Read

Tyndale: Prostitute law is unworkable

IT’S now OK to have sex with a prostitute but only as long as she’s a businesswoman. Read

Tyndale: Why we shouldn’t be surprised at names on BNP list

THE names of 10,000 members of the BNP have been published on the internet. And we are supposed to be amazed. Read

Tyndale: Home truths, Darling

THIS country is facing a massive housing crisis. There are four million people on the council house waiting list. We have a desperate need for about three million new homes.Read

Tyndale: Twisted parents should get sharp response

A STRANGE silence hangs over the care of children in this country.Read

Baby P death is not the first and won't be the last

DRAMATIC action is to follow the hideous death of Baby P.Read

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