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The fact that a lady has been taken to court by her neighbours for flushing the loo too often at night sounds like a real silly season story. But if you dig a little deeper there are issues here which go behind that of dodgy neighbourhood relationships.

Good gracious. The news about Wolseley's 2,000 job cuts in the UK just made the BBC lunchtime news.

It being April 1st today, it crossed my mind to add in a spoof, April Fools news story to today's e-newsletter.

So, according to the Government and the car industry, the cash-for-old-bangers' saw more than 15,000 people buying a new car as a direct result.

As usual it seems, Chancellor Darling's last Pre-Budget Report for this Parliament (possibly ever), was a mixed bag full of , well, not very much. I suppose you could call it another curate's egg, although not a particularly nice egg.

Passion. That's what this election has been missing so far.

The first thing they teach you at journalism school is that a story about a dog biting a person isn't really a news story at all. Man bites dog - now that's a story.

Question: How many Health and Safety consultants does it take to put up a Christmas light? Answer: None. It's far too dangerous to put up Christmas lights.

Good Lord, I thought to myself this morning, when a press release landed in my inbox this morning mentioning the Government's Behavioural Insights Team (apparently known as the 'nudge unit', whatever the hell that means).

Does this Government know what it's doing when it comes to encouraging energy efficiency and moving the country towards a low carbon economy?