MOTHER KNOWS WORST

I WAS sickened last week when I saw that footage of the mother teaching her four-year-old child to shoplift. What hope has that boy got if his earliest memories are of stealing things?

This woman should be caring for her son's future, not ruining it. But no doubt she will get a slap on the wrist and be out in enough time to ensure her child's 'education' is unaffected.

RAMBLING ROWS

JUST who has a right to the countryside? That is the question pitting landowners against ramblers in a long-running feud about who can go where and when.

Should farmers and landed gentry be able to stop people from roaming the pathways of our land? Are fresh air and beauty things you can 'own'? Or should ramblers respect private property?

With so much countryside in easy reach of the North West let me know what you think.

JUST WHO ARE THESE EXPERTS?

YET more doctors have been telling the world what killed Matthew Eappen this week.

This time, two 'experts' say the child that brought Louise Woodward to international notoriety was strangled.

Who are these people?

And why have so many supposedly qualified people failed to find out what happened to baby Matthew.

Or are all these men and women just using the case to grab some fame?

And if Louise Woodward is ever to have a new trial, it will never be fair with so many people are being given space to accuse or exonerate her.

Let me know what you think?

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