Light News....

First British woman to die in Afghanistan as four more soldiers are killed in roadside bomb. More tragic losses and there will be more. We have got to start hitting the Taleban 'at home'. Although I suspect Al Queda are getting more involved in Afghanistan having been clobbered in Iraq.

How the French are planning to hijack our Royal Navy to create a European naval group. I think not. They also want the Royal Navy to buy the Rafale instead of the F-35. It is all part of the same game. If we fight together we should all have the same French kit. As Thales (A French company) is one of the major contractors for our new Carriers expect them to end up with a lot of French crap on board.

Britain's shrinking pay packets: Inflation outstrips salary rises for first time - and it's going to get worse. There has been a whole 'the 70s were great' thing going on recently. It looks like we are about to revisit them andwe shall discover that the 70's were rubbish.

Strike threat hands Shell tanker drivers inflation-busting pay deal. The greedy bastards should have been sacked. Strikers these days all have mortgages and debts. They cannot afford to lose their income so stand up to them.

Banned schoolgirl fights to wear Sikh bangle 'like Monty Panesar'. What's wrong with a bangle?

Savile Row tailors lose fight to preserve the term 'bespoke'. A disgrace. Gieves must be spitting feathers. Because they make bloody good bespoke suits.

British paras sent to hunt down escaped Taliban prisoners. The Taleban are going to suffer.

Mugabe mob kidnaps wife and child of MDC mayor of Harare. And so it goes on.

John McCain calls for offshore drilling to ease US fuel crisis. A bit late. I will take years to develop the fields. Should have been done years ago. In Britain we need to do the same. No longer can we allow ourselves be dependent on foreign fuel supplies be they gas or oil.