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Sharon Griffiths: And it's goodnight from me...

Wikie the killer whale has been taught to speak human words through her blowhole. Picture: MARINELAND / PA

Wikie the killer whale has been taught to speak human words through her blowhole. Picture: MARINELAND / PA

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Sharon Griffiths: When a killer whale can communicate better than millenials

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expecting a baby. Picture: Pixabay.com

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expecting a baby. Picture: Pixabay.com

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Sharon Griffiths: PMs and governments are maybe not as important as we think

POPULAR: TV show Friends which ran for 10 seasons

POPULAR: TV show Friends which ran for 10 seasons

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Sharon Griffiths: Millennials watching 'Friends' on Netflix find it fattist, sexist, homophobic and transgenderist - thank god they've never seen 'It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum'

Messy problem: Disposable plastic cups

Messy problem: Disposable plastic cups

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Sharon Griffiths: Good coffee deserves a good cup and a good sit down

A mother potty training her daughter... but would you pay somone else to do the training?

A mother potty training her daughter... but would you pay somone else to do the training?

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Sharon Griffiths: A potty way to live?

DEVOTED: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Picture: Tim Graham/PA Wire

DEVOTED: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Picture: Tim Graham/PA Wire

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Sharon Griffiths: Congratulations to Her Maj and the Duke on 70 years of wedded bliss

Child girl and grandmother baking cake

Child girl and grandmother baking cake

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Sharon Griffiths: Grandparents back in the dock

Children from a nursery class in March 1989. Picture: Bolton Evening News

Children from a nursery class in March 1989. Picture: Bolton Evening News

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Sharon Griffiths: No rhyme nor reason

Julia Hartley-Brewer on Good Morning Britain following the resignation of Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

Julia Hartley-Brewer on Good Morning Britain following the resignation of Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

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Sharon Griffiths: Are today's women 'too fragile'?

Haughton Road through-about in Darlington which is now going to be scrapped. Picture: Chris Booth

Haughton Road through-about in Darlington which is now going to be scrapped. Picture: Chris Booth

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Sharon Griffiths: We need the nitpickers, jobsworths and penpushers now more than ever

It's hard not to feel pressured to get an early start to your Christmas shopping

It's hard not to feel pressured to get an early start to your Christmas shopping

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Sharon Griffiths: It gets earlier every year...

American sociologists have discovered that women still do more household chores than men. Picture: Pixabay.com

American sociologists have discovered that women still do more household chores than men. Picture: Pixabay.com

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Sharon Griffiths: Women have a 'nice' problem

Guns OK but sparklers... no, they’re too dangerous

Guns OK but sparklers... no, they’re too dangerous

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Sharon Griffiths: America - where fireworks are strictly controlled but guns are easy to buy

What next... all across the country, students are putting the summer break behind them and beginning the rest of their lives

What next... all across the country, students are putting the summer break behind them and beginning the rest of their lives

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Sharon Griffiths: Don't make your post-grad sons and daughters too comfortable

School run to go car-free in Croydon Council pilot project

School run to go car-free in Croydon Council pilot project

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Sharon Griffiths: The school run is back - and it drives you mad

Laura Pidcock, Labour MP for North West Durham, has said she could never be friends with a Tory

Laura Pidcock, Labour MP for North West Durham, has said she could never be friends with a Tory

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Sharon Griffiths: New Labour MP's "couldn't be friends with a Tory" comment reeks of immaturity and a closed mind

A view of the new Queensferry Crossing, seen from South Queensferry, as it is illuminated ahead of it's official opening by Queen Elizabeth II on September 4, 2017

A view of the new Queensferry Crossing, seen from South Queensferry, as it is illuminated ahead of it's official opening by Queen Elizabeth II on September 4, 2017

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Sharon Griffiths: Time for an October holiday

Midwife Elaine Dallas poses for a photograph with baby Sadie O'Donnell. Picture: Jamie Simpson / Herald & Times

Midwife Elaine Dallas poses for a photograph with baby Sadie O'Donnell. Picture: Jamie Simpson / Herald & Times

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Sharon Griffiths: The agony and the ecstasy of childbirth

To have a two-year-old sit next to you and hold your hand was a bit special for elderly people who had little physical contact with other people - Sharon Griffiths

To have a two-year-old sit next to you and hold your hand was a bit special for elderly people who had little physical contact with other people - Sharon Griffiths

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Sharon Griffiths: Fond memories when elderly people and young children bonded over chocolate biscuits

Former Eastenders actor, Paul Nicholls. Picture: Tim Whitby/PA Wire

Former Eastenders actor, Paul Nicholls. Picture: Tim Whitby/PA Wire

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Sharon Griffiths: Don't do a Paul Nicholls... get travel insurance

The Advertising Standards Authority says that too many of our adverts are sexist

The Advertising Standards Authority says that too many of our adverts are sexist

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Sharon Griffiths: Adverts are not sexist - they reflect our real lives

A stack of rich, chocolate brownies

A stack of rich, chocolate brownies

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Sharon Griffiths: Cakes today are delicious... but oh so naughty

A man photographs a fire at the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, which took the lives of a still unknown number of people. Picture: Rick Findler/PA Wire

A man photographs a fire at the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, which took the lives of a still unknown number of people. Picture: Rick Findler/PA Wire

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Sharon Griffiths: Rich and poor, north and south - we need to learn more about each other's lives

Failure can be a good thing, if you learn from your mistakes. Picture: Pixabay.com

Failure can be a good thing, if you learn from your mistakes. Picture: Pixabay.com

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Sharon Griffiths: Failure is good - I should know

Alexandra Shulman, who is stepping down as editor-in-chief of British Vogue after more than 25 years in the role. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Alexandra Shulman, who is stepping down as editor-in-chief of British Vogue after more than 25 years in the role. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

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Sharon Griffiths: 'It's impossible for women to have it all' - what else does retiring Vogue editor want?

Organised fun is making children lose the knack of entertaining themselves

Organised fun is making children lose the knack of entertaining themselves

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Children are losing the knack of entertaining themselves

The British public buy an incredible 3.5billion ready-made sandwiches a year. Picture: Pixabay.com

The British public buy an incredible 3.5billion ready-made sandwiches a year. Picture: Pixabay.com

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Time to reclaim the sandwich

SHOP AROUND: Insurance companies treat new customers better than existing ones

SHOP AROUND: Insurance companies treat new customers better than existing ones

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Don't be a sucker - shop around for insurance

Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has announced a crackdown on litter louts

Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has announced a crackdown on litter louts

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Crackdown on idle litter louts

Growing problem: Credit card debt is increasing at its fastest rate in a decade

Growing problem: Credit card debt is increasing at its fastest rate in a decade

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Granny used to have a few quid squirrelled away for emergencies... now we have credit cards and lots and lots of debt

A couple look at floral tributes to the victims of the Westminster terrorist attack outside the Palace of Westminster, London. Picture: Lauren Hurley/PA Wire

A couple look at floral tributes to the victims of the Westminster terrorist attack outside the Palace of Westminster, London. Picture: Lauren Hurley/PA Wire

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Inconvenience a price worth paying for keeping us safe

Multi-tasking... the modern day working mum

Multi-tasking... the modern day working mum

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Maximum effort

Peppa Pig - a threat to Chinese culture

Peppa Pig - a threat to Chinese culture

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The power of reading

Ordinary kids sitting with mobile devices in street

Ordinary kids sitting with mobile devices in street

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A wake-up call for parents

Lottery millionaire Jane Park. Picture: Graeme Hunter

Lottery millionaire Jane Park. Picture: Graeme Hunter

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Bling, big cars and big boobs don't bring happiness

It has been revealed that Johnny Depp has 14 properties and a £24,000 a month wine bill. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire

It has been revealed that Johnny Depp has 14 properties and a £24,000 a month wine bill. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire

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Johnny Depp's homes sweet homes

Diesels are suddenly the devil of the motoring world

Diesels are suddenly the devil of the motoring world

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The devil's in the diesel

Victoria Beckham has never read a book but it hasn't done her much harm. Picture: Ian West / PA Wire

Victoria Beckham has never read a book but it hasn't done her much harm. Picture: Ian West / PA Wire

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A word in favour of books

Julia Polley head teacher of Wensleydale School and Sixth Form College is installing a mobile phone jamming device

Julia Polley head teacher of Wensleydale School and Sixth Form College is installing a mobile phone jamming device

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Wensleydale headteacher made a good call

A woman drinking alcohol. Picture posed by model.

A woman drinking alcohol. Picture posed by model.

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Young drinkers are just as much a strain on the NHS as the elderly

The answer to changing your life usually boils down to much the same thing: Try harder. Walk more. Eat less. Be kind.

The answer to changing your life usually boils down to much the same thing: Try harder. Walk more. Eat less. Be kind.

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Be nice to yourself

The clock is ticking on auld acquaintance

The clock is ticking on auld acquaintance

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A year not to forget

South Shields-born comedy star Sarah Millican could be worth an NHS contract

South Shields-born comedy star Sarah Millican could be worth an NHS contract

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Let’s be optimistic...

Time to get those children working... according to Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield

Time to get those children working... according to Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield

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Northern mothers, time to stop slacking!

Meryl Streep as the terrifying fashion magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada

Meryl Streep as the terrifying fashion magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada

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Women - it pays to be bossy

Princess Elizabeth, patrol leader in the Buckingham Palace Company of the Girl Guides sending a message by carrier-pigeon to Lady Baden-Powell at Guide Headquarters in the 1940s

Princess Elizabeth, patrol leader in the Buckingham Palace Company of the Girl Guides sending a message by carrier-pigeon to Lady Baden-Powell at Guide Headquarters in the 1940s

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Scouting skills last a lifetime

The Internship, made in 2013, starring Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson as struggling seniors in a new-tech world dominated by youngsters desperately in search of paid work

The Internship, made in 2013, starring Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson as struggling seniors in a new-tech world dominated by youngsters desperately in search of paid work

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Unpaid internships - the scourge of social mobility

'Be Seen' whilst out and about this Halloween

'Be Seen' whilst out and about this Halloween

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Miss judged

A school photograph at Oxford's Holton Park Girls Grammer School, in 1973, which is now Wheatley Park School, and the current headteacher is pretty confident she's identified former pupil Theresa May

A school photograph at Oxford's Holton Park Girls Grammer School, in 1973, which is now Wheatley Park School, and the current headteacher is pretty confident she's identified former pupil Theresa May

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School photos are awful but that's what makes them charming

According to a survey, a third of young adults can't boil an egg

According to a survey, a third of young adults can't boil an egg

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Give the kids a break...

Students during a protest last year calling for the abolition of tuition fees and an end to student debt in Westminster, London

Students during a protest last year calling for the abolition of tuition fees and an end to student debt in Westminster, London

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The costliest lesson for students is how easy it is to borrow money

Great Britain's Mo Farah with his gold medal following the Men's 10,000m final at the Olympics Stadium on the eighth day of the Rio Olympics Games, Brazil. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Great Britain's Mo Farah with his gold medal following the Men's 10,000m final at the Olympics Stadium on the eighth day of the Rio Olympics Games, Brazil. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

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Testing time on holiday

Sitting in deckchairs during the afternoon sun on Brighton beach is just as good as exercise

Sitting in deckchairs during the afternoon sun on Brighton beach is just as good as exercise

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Effortless good health

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