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Our high streets are filling up with takeaways.  Fast-food outlets have risen by a third in less than a decade, at the same time as hundreds of shops are closing every year. So says the Office for National Statistics. The figures reveal that high streets now have the highest concentration of fast-food outlets since 2010. ...

All in the month of November Diary of Momentous Year – November 1918 – When the Boys Came Home Wilfred Owen – 1st World War Poet and Hero Remembering Enid Blyton Kristallnacht – night of terror Every One Remembered Don’t forget their loneliness ‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ Week 2018   5th – 12th November The menace of...

It was: 300 years ago, on 3rd Nov 1718 that John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, was born.  He may have been Postmaster General and First Lord of the Admiralty, but we remember him today as the inventor of the sandwich, which he ordered from his chef to sustain him at the gambling table....

By Autumn 1918 it was obvious that the war was coming to an end, Germany was clearly beaten, but no one had actually won. The front line was more or less as it had been for years, but after Amiens the Germans knew that this was a conflict they could never win. High level discussions...

British poet and soldier Wilfred Owen was killed 100 years ago this month, on 4th Nov 1918.  He died leading his troops across a canal in Northern France exactly a week before the war ended. He was 25. Owen, who was noted for his shockingly realistic poetry about the horrors of trench warfare, was born...

Enid Blyton, one of the most successful children’s writers of the 20th century, died 50 years ago this month, on 28th November 1968. She wrote more than 760 books. She was born in 1897 and as a baby nearly died of whooping cough. Although best known for her Noddy books and the Famous Five series,...

Just 80 years ago, on 9th Nov 1938, Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) began, when the Nazis burned over 1400 synagogues and destroyed thousands of Jewish homes and businesses in Germany and Austria. More than 30,000 Jews were transported to concentration camps, and by the end of the year, Jews were prohibited from schools...

The Royal British Legion, in partnership with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, is encouraging people to individually commemorate over one million Commonwealth Service men and women who were killed during the First World War. The losses were felt in almost every town and village in the UK and throughout, what was then, the British Empire....

As autumn begins to head towards winter, spare a thought for any older person in our community who has been bereaved. They may be struggling with some depression just now. A recent study has found that older bereaved people, particularly those aged over 85, are four times more likely to experience depression than those who...

When did you last talk to your local pharmacist?   If it has been some time, now may be the month to pop in and share with them any health concerns that you have. ‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ week is an awareness week aimed at reminding communities of the wide range of services that pharmacists can offer. ...

How much time did your children spend on social media today?  Educationalists and child psychologists are warning that their smartphones have become an all compelling master that demands hours upon hours of their daily time and attention. ‘Teenagers today are in a seemingly unbreakable relationship with their phones, and – more importantly – the social...

Prince Charles will celebrate his 70th birthday this month (14th Nov) with, among other charity events, a London Palladium gala starring Britain’s’ finest magicians.  Organisers have promised ‘jaw-dropping’ illusions and comedy ‘giants’. Charles has been a lifelong fan of magicians and was even inducted into the secretive Magic Circle in 1975 after performing a classic...