John Ball's Diary Blogs
Monday, January 23
Former bedfordshire on Sunday snapper Tony Margiocchi has been off work for some time now after a 'run-in' with a car carrying Prince Harry.
Monday, January 16
A friend points me to the front page of our rival local paper, which I confess I do not normally read. It is all about the price of petrol in Bedford...
Tuesday January 3
Tuesday, january 3 A STRANGE noise comes from group editor Steve Lowe this afternoon while he's going through invoices.
Saturday, December 17
I'm doing a bit of last minute Christmas shopping today (no, like most men I don't leave it until Christmas Eve).
Monday, December 12
We're used to having a lot of 'colourful' characters coming into our offices with strange requests but today was a first. A smartlydressed woman tells our receptionist that she's here for the old
Monday, December 5
Oh dear, word reaches us that a school in Bedford borough has come unstuck at the hands of an Ofsted report.
Monday, November 28
I come out of Bedfordshire on Sunday to see a backlog of traffic and motorists honking their horns. An accident? Roadworks? Nope, it was a woman, sat at the wheel of her car, casually reading a
Monday, November 21
Monday, November 21 ANOTHER week and another press officer failure. Last week it was the Chicheley Hall event embargoed two days after the exhibition took place for 'security reasons.' This week it's
Saturday, November 12
IT'S the morning after the night before, and Bedford Blues' 125th dinner celebration was a night to remember, well, for some, in different ways.
Tuesday, November 1
I visit Borough Hall today and happen to pick up a leaflet about the council's 'waste core strategy preferred options consultation document' (not the most exciting title in the world).
Monday, October 24
IT's not much fun in the morning rush hour in Woburn Road, Kempston - and that's just on the pavement. As you can see from our picture, it's not a case of where have you bin? but how on earth did you manage to get there through the blockade.
Monday, October 17
We get a Twitter message from Beds PR guru Jacquie Manners today warning we have been mentioned in a "bad blog".
Monday, October 10
Rats. . . those beer goggles can cause a guy a lot of pain.
Tuesday, October 4
We get our fair share of letters from the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) but the one we receive today makes for interesting reading.
Tuesday, September 27
ONE of Mrs Ball's friends spotted this sign in a shop window today (it wasn't me, honest).
Saturday, September 17
THE supermarkets are promising us a food price war . . . but the mighty Tesco haven't quite got into the swing of it just yet.
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