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Twitter joke trial beyond a joke

The Twitter Joke trial started off as absurd. Almost s joke itself. Like many I have been waiting for the part of the story where the author...

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Suffolk County Council...(or should that be Suffolk Parish Council)

Suffolk County Council is as it has pointed out to us is a multi million pound enterprise. Indeed it has revenue of over £1bn a year, has a ...

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Local Services? Sorry no, but we do have a cook book say Suffolk County Council

Jeremy Pembroke Suffolk CC Leader A week or so ago the EADT (East Anglia Daily Times for non-locals!) reported that Suffolk CC intended ...

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Suffolk governors move into 21st century?

If you are a school governor you probably have a large cupboard or filing cabinet full of paper. Minutes of meetings, agendas, head teachers...

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iPad Apps Part 1 Social Networking and Blogging

I wrote a Review of the iPad shortly after it came out but didn't have one until recently. I pretty much agree with my own earlier revi...

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Suffolk Coastal to review Campervan Ban!

Mock up of what sign could look like Suffolk Coastal have agreed to review the ban of small campervans at Aldeburgh Seawall. After lengt...

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VW Campervans banned because they are "unsightly"

Take a look at the photo below of a VW Campervan on the seawall at Aldeburgh. Do you agree that this vehicle is so "unsightly" tha...

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New Three MiFi (Huawei E585) Review

The "new" MiFi LINK - Third Generation E586 Review Back in January I blogged a review of the then new Three MiFi, you can rea...

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Suffolk Coastal bans Campervans from the seawall at Aldeburgh

For many years we have enjoyed visiting Aldeburgh which I have always thought of as a friendly place, getting fish and chips and eating them...

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Samsung Galaxy S Review

Nearly a year ago now I made the move from iPhone to Android. The first device I had was a HTC Hero running Android 1.5. A year really is a ...

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Dan Poulter at the Stradbroke Country Fair

Thankfully I really enjoy irony. The photograh to the left is taken from Dan Poulter's website (Tory MP for Central Suffolk and North Ip...

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UCISA Conference - the debate!

I attended part of the UCISA User Support Conference in Oxford yesterday to lead a workshop on the development of LogMeIn Rescue that I was...

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Power Monkey Explorer Review

Another somewhat belated review! I picked up the PowerMonkey Explorer at Glastonbury when multiple battery fails left me without any means t...

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Dell Streak Review

For a few reasons, going to Glastonbury and starting a new job mainly I haven't yet written a review of the Dell Streak that I purchased...

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iPad Mini Review

I got a chance to play with an iPad this afternoon. I'm not going to write a full review, there already are loads but if you have't ...

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iPad Data Tariffs

If you're lucky enough to have a new 3G iPad and are looking for a data tariff there are a few things you need to bear in mind: You...

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Academies and Accountability

This morning I blogged about Academies and Local control - the great confidence trick? I was secretly hoping that on my way home from work ...

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Does Gove need to "destroy" educational establishement?

Stephen Pollard writing in The Telegraph today suggests that Gove needs to fight "the enemy within" and "destroy" the e...

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Academies and Local control - the great confidence trick?

So Gove wants to encourage large numbers, quite likely to be thousands of maintained schools to switch to become academies. This is touted a...

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New Government's Education Policies

Reproduced from the published PDF  that shows all policies The Government believes that we need to reform our school system to tackle educa...

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Videos from when Cameron moved into No 10

I was outside Downing Steet last night as Cameron arrived at No 10 and managed to take some videos on my phone. Here Lichfield Tory MP Mic...

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Build your own Tory/Lib Dem Cabinet!

Tory blogger Iain Dale blogged a really interesting article yesterday about the possible composition of a Tory/Lib Dem cabinet . As this is ...

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Why I am voting for the Lib Dems...

When the news came that there was to be a general election like many I was pretty cynical and imagined that the election was to quote the fa...

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Sats Boycott and School Governors

Ed Balls in perhaps one of his last actions as Secretary of State has tried to drag School governors into the ongoing sats battle between tw...

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General Election and Under 5s Education

Election 2010: Whilst the media focus on who might do a deal with who in a hung parliament the real issues get swept under the carpet. Think...

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VX1 £10 "Party Mobile" Review

I usually blog reviews of the latest Smartphones that cost several hundred pounds (at least without a contract). This phone costs less then ...

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HTC Legend Review

Back in October I switched from an iPhone to a HTC Hero running Android. You can read my HTC Hero Review that I posted shortly after switch...

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The NASUWT and pupil involvement in teacher appointments

The NASUWT has produced a report that is critical of the involvement of pupils in the selection of teaching staff. This has been widely repo...

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Rural Headship: A Headteacher Speaks!

My recent blog post about Threats to Rural Primary Schools was prompted in part by the attendance of our Headteacher, Melanie Barrow at a r...

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Threats to Rural Primary Schools

It's often said that the closure of the village pub is the end of a viable community and there is some truth in this. However the closur...

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