The Return of the Shropshire Panther 27 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm

From the Shropshire Star: A large black panther-like creature has made a reappearance in Shropshire. Jack Humphrey, 20, was driving home from work at the William Withering pub in Wellington in the ....

Six of the Best 380 27 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am

Will G.K. Chesterton become the first member of the Liberal Party to be made a saint? David Boyle on The Real Blog shares my admiration for the great paradoxmonger. "The American Dream has become a n...

The Great Hall of Leicester Castle 27 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am

Behind this modest brick facade stands the Great Hall of Leicester Castle, one of the most remarkable medieval buildings still standing in Britain. It was originally erected in the 11th or 12th centur...

Steam on the Settle and Carlisle 26 Aug 2013 | 01:17 am

Save Semilong Post Office in Northampton 26 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am

Sarah Uldall, Lib Dem County Councillor for the St George Division in Northamptonshire, has started a campaign to save Semilong Post Office from closure after news emerged that the current subpostmist...

Lembit's sausage bitten by sausage dog 26 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am

You may have heard of Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey (which, I had better add, is pronounced 'Stewkey'). Convicted on charges of immorality and defrocked by the Church, Davidson protested hi...

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings: Melody 25 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm

This is one of the songs the Rhythm Kings played last night. It appears on the Rollings Stones album Black and Blue, where it is credited to Billy Preston, Jagger and Richards. But George Fame was qu...

Demonstration at Glebe Road, Market Harborough 25 Aug 2013 | 04:22 pm

This morning local residents held a demonstration at Glebe Road, Little Bowden, about the continuing problems being caused by the new housing development there. I went along and also met the Liberal D...

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Market Harborough 25 Aug 2013 | 04:22 am

I've just got back from a concert at Market Harborough Leisure Centre. The queue was not properly stewarded, the was a gap of  several aeons between the opening act (Steve Gibbons) and the main attrac...

Bishop's Castle Town Hall clock makes the Daily Mail 24 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm

I have been visiting Bishop's Castle in Shropshire for almost 25 years, but it has rarely made the national newspapers. Today's Daily Mail, however, has picked up the story of Bishop's Castle Town Ha...