Another holiday-affected local by-election programme today. We have just a Lab defence in Middlesbrough and a Lib Dem defence in St Albans. (View Post)

Completely off topic but another musical find in the forests of eastern European composers. The Rebirth Symphony by Wieczyslaw Karlowicz. Written when he was 26 - but he died 6 years later in a avala… (View Post)

Out walking this afternoon I met a man with a bucketful of blackberries. He said there was a good crop because of sun during the flowering stage and plenty of water during the growth of the fruit. No… (View Post)

Lib Dem gain in Somerset. Expected but big swing. (View Post)

Lab hold in Reading but LDs up to second. (View Post)