Inclement weather

This cold snap only serves to show up the inadequacies of both our weather forecasters and local councils.

Firstly, one can get a clearer picture of the upcoming weather by simply nailing a piece of seaweed to one's property. Countless times the weathermen and weathergirls said the snow was going to get worse in the south east, but did it? Did it heck. We did get a heavy sprinkling of the white stuff but it was hardly Arctic conditions.

Having said that, the local council really does need to start salting the pavements of our towns and villages. Some of them were quite treacherous. Of course, I feel extremely safe when I'm pootling around in my trusty Volvo, but put me on the icy boardwalk and I fear I may fall and break my sternum.

The hypocracy of football on BBC

I settled down today after an early Sunday lunch (cooked by the obliging Mrs Thompson), to watch Burnley FC versus Blackburn Rovers on the television. Midway through the second half of an absorbing local derby, a streaker ran onto the pitch. However, for all their wisdom, the BBC choose not to show these naked people on our TVs. I just cannot understand it. They showed a coin and a mobile phone hitting Manchester United's goalkeeper in the televised game on Saturday night. They even showed people being blown up in the Second Iraq War. But, they draw the line at streakers. Come on the BBC, I pay my TV licence to watch things like this.

What is this all about?

Could someone please tell me who this "Pete Doherty" is and why all the newspapers and television broadcasts keep showing his face? From what I can deduce, he is in a band called Libery X and is a drug addict. So why is my paper, The Times, indulging in him? Needless to say, I have written to the editor in a bid to seek out the facts.