Read Simone's blog on current issues and life as a multimedia journalist and multitasking mummy.

Blog: Dogs and pubs

4:31pm Tuesday 15th January 2013

ON a recent walk I found myself Googling ‘Pubs for Dogs'.

Blog: Children should be protected from online porn

2:42pm Thursday 3rd January 2013

ON a recent train journey, I heard a group of teenage boys (no older than thirteen) laughing uncontrollably.

Blog: Fuel prices are a joke

2:33pm Friday 19th October 2012

THAT was the letter I received from n-power yesterday.

Blog: 'Happy gas' was an eye-opener

4:13pm Wednesday 1st August 2012

I WENT to a hen party to Magaluf recently.

Blog: Summer childcare

2:29pm Wednesday 1st August 2012

THE summer holidays are here and for the children the fun starts now...but not for the majority of parents who are struggling to find childcare for six weeks!

Blog: Where's Blackburn's nightlife?

10:02am Thursday 19th July 2012

LAST week I popped into the pub in Blackburn after work with a few colleagues.

Blog: Children out of wedlock

1:35pm Thursday 12th July 2012

IN TIMBUKTU a man and a woman get 100 lashes if they conceive a child out of wedlock.

Blog: Death makes money

4:53pm Thursday 5th July 2012

MY mum announced that she and my dad had paid for and finalised their funeral arrangements and picked out their coffins.

Blog: Childcare is a burden

3:27pm Wednesday 27th June 2012

I WELCOME David Cameron's latest commission to help working families pay for childcare costs.

Blog: Race for Life was just great

11:17am Wednesday 27th June 2012

SEEING hundreds of women gather at Race For Life in Witton Park last night was amazing.



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