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Posted at 10:36am Friday 29th August 2008

Home has its faults, but I’m happy here...

Shuiab Khan column: Apparently being happy has a got a lot to do with where you live.

Posted at 12:20pm Friday 8th August 2008

Dads need a lesson in how to make an effort

Shuiab Khan column: Within the next month my kid will be starting school and like all parents I am a little apprehensive.

Posted at 11:03am Friday 1st August 2008

I just can’t take nights out any more

Shuiab Khan column: If you don’t go into the town centres at night you will have no idea what goes on.

Posted at 10:41am Friday 25th July 2008

Throw out these rules for recycling

Shuiab Khan column: I used to love the idea of recycling until the little rules and regulations took over.

Posted at 4:10pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Sorry chaps, this is one argument you’ll never win!

Shuiab Khan column: There are all sorts of people in the world. And then there are the newlyweds.

Posted at 10:55am Friday 11th July 2008

Is life really as bad as people are making out?

Shuiab Khan column: Before reading this you will have already read somewhere else about how depressing it’s going to get in the coming months.

Posted at 9:50am Friday 4th July 2008

Discrimination can give the boost you need

Shuiab Khan column: So now the Government wants to give those discriminated against a bit a little head start by urging firms to choose women and ethnic minorities over others.

Posted at 12:02pm Friday 27th June 2008

Wedding guest tried to spoil the happy day

Shuiab Khan column: Having not attended a wedding for a while, I was expecting things to have moved on.

Posted at 9:30am Friday 30th May 2008

Denying soldier compensation is disgusting

Shuiab Khan column: It was scandalous to read that a local soldier injured in the Iraq war will receive no compensation above his standard war pension.

Posted at 9:29am Friday 30th May 2008

The parents of off-licence kids should be fined

Shuiab Khan column: Sometimes just saying ‘no’ is not good enough. You really have to explain to people why you said it.

Posted at 10:43am Friday 23rd May 2008

Let’s hear it for the doorway people ...

Shuiab Khan column: I love the whole idea of going to a pub. So it is rather disappointing that more and more local pubs are closing down.

Posted at 12:12pm Friday 16th May 2008

Being a single parent is not child’s play

Shuiab Khan column: I had thought it would be pretty easy taking care of two kids on my own.

Posted at 12:48pm Friday 25th April 2008

We should take steps to beat high fuel prices

Shuiab Khan column: With the price of diesel as high as it is, maybe it is time to consider walking to work.

Posted at 9:37am Friday 18th April 2008

People do it and it annoys the hell out of me

Shuiab Khan column: In the grand scheme of things very few things annoy me. I am more than happy to put up with people’s little habits, and I think most folk are basically all right.

Posted at 10:20am Friday 11th April 2008

What the flamin’ heck is going on with Olympic torch?

Shuiab Khan column: You know when things have gone to pot when you have to guard the Olympic flame.

Posted at 4:23pm Friday 4th April 2008

If you think Heathrow’s bad try Islamabad

Shuiab Khan column: If you think Heathrow’s bad try Islamabad.

Posted at 12:14pm Friday 28th March 2008

Omar Bakri should just keep quiet

Shuiab Khan column: Every so often some people get themselves in to a lot of bother over nothing.

Posted at 10:58am Friday 21st March 2008

Never mind the language, it still means the same

Shuiab Khan column: There has always been a way of getting round things in this country or simply ignoring them altogether.

Posted at 11:44am Friday 14th March 2008

Let’s roll back the years for a British day

Shuiab Khan column: I wish there had been an official 'Britishness Day’ back when I was growing up.

Posted at 12:37pm Friday 7th March 2008

Let’s all get on the road to common sense

Shuaib Khan column: As residents of particular towns we have to put up with quite a few things.

Posted at 2:19pm Friday 29th February 2008

I’m all shook up because I didn’t feel a thing!

Shuiab Khan column: Earthquake what earthquake? The only thing that woke me up at 1am on Wednesday morning was the sound of my phone and someone blabbering about a 'massive’ tremor.

Posted at 11:03am Friday 22nd February 2008

Becoming a master in the art of lying

Shuiab Khan column: There are those who say a husband and wife should never lie to one another. Those people we call single people.

Posted at 11:06am Friday 15th February 2008

What is it about those five little words?

Shuiab Khan column: "I am not racist but..." It kind of says so much without even saying anything.

Posted at 11:22am Friday 8th February 2008

My motto for Valentine’s Day – Be Prepared

Shuiab Khan column: In a week’s time she is going to get one hell of a surprise.

Posted at 1:58pm Friday 1st February 2008

Hopping to it to follow the hospital rules

Shuiab Khan column: Hospital folk are great, and quite simply the best workers around.

Posted at 10:30am Friday 25th January 2008

There’s just no escape from my dreaded mobile

Shuiab Khan column: Having ditched the cigarettes some time ago maybe it is time to do away with the other addiction we have – the mobile phone.

Posted at 10:38am Friday 18th January 2008

It’s a crying shame about naughty corner

Shuiab Khan column: Whoever invented the naughty corner needs to be taken to one side and shot.

Posted at 8:29am Friday 11th January 2008

The only ‘no-go zones’ are in people’s hearts

Shuiab Khan column: It looks like the new year will begin as the old one ended, with people making comments on subjects about which they have little experience.

Posted at 9:52am Friday 4th January 2008

These brainless litter louts should be locked up

Shuiab Khan column: With all the troubles going on in the world it is strange how the little things close to home matter so much.

Posted at 8:53am Friday 28th December 2007

It’s time to pack it in with all the holiday shopping

Shuiab Khan column: Over the Christmas weekend I had the pleasure of helping out some people who were bag-packing for charity.

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