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Forget I'm A Celebrity Get Me Outta Here - throw the celebs into the real jungle... Westminster

IT HARDLY seems like any time has passed since we all waved a relieved farewell to those nobodies and numbskulls from Big Brother. Read

My problems with the German Market in Birmingham city centre

GREAT to see the German Market back in Birmingham city centre; it almost makes all the winter chills, sleet and rain bearable. Read

Jackson: Name game

Name Read

Johnny Marr from The Smiths could start the ball rolling

JOHNNY Marr, the legendary indy guitarist from The Smiths, is to be made a visiting professor of music at Salford University. Read

What are the policies of Barik Obama?

Barack Obama has proven to be a one man agent of radical reform – a French Revolution squeezed inside a sober suit and tie. Read

And the most important issue of the day is...

I’M sure you’ll be relieved to discover that in today’s column I won’t be snarling about the juvenile japery of Jonathan Ross. Read

Jackson: Living the high life with the David Cameron crew

LET it never be said that I don’t put in a lot of hard graft for all you readers. Read

Jackson: Only Robert Preston can save us!

MY MUM knows a lot of stuff about cooking, gossiping and moaning about the way her kids look after her grandchildren. Read

Jackson: University education - the facts!

There’s lots to be learned from a uni education - but little of it in the classroom Read

Jackson: The world will run out of websites

IT had to happen. The world will soon run out of websites. Read

Jackson: Be terrified - David Cameron has a plan!

OKAY, we can all be terrified now – David Cameron has a plan. Read

The black-hole that is brand Beckham

And the big news this week was that a black hole appeared on planet earth - and swallowed us all. Read

Jackson: Bad news for Dennis The Menace fans

WINSTON Churchill, Admiral Nelson, the Duke Of Wellington. Read

Jackson: Theo Walcott is the new star of footopoly

ENGLAND has a new hero! Read

Jackson: My dream team of celebs would sheikh them up

WHAT’S happening to English Football? Read

Jackson: Lashings of ginger beer and a pervert

IT’S the biggest comeback since Napoleon escaped Elba and took his soldiers on the kind of raucous tour that even Metallica would avoid. Read

Jackson: Peaches Geldof is the purest form of celebrity

THEY came from every corner of the nation to participate. Read

Jackson: The Jackson Five

BIRMINGHAM now has THREE beaches. Read

Jackson:The cult of the celebrity chef must be deep fried

DRUM roll, puleez! Read

Jackson: Living statues are a sign that summer's here

YOU can tell summer has arrived with a vengeance. Read

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