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Bob Marchant is the new project manager in Preston for Emmaus, an international homeless charity.

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Blogging from a field trip to China.

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Leader of Downtown Preston In Business..

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Liberal Democrat MEP for Preston, Leyland and the north west.

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Don't miss her weekly look at life.



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The art of seduction is big business
12:35pm Tuesday 6th May 2008
Helen Mead column: MANY of the e-mails sent to me at work are meaningless twaddle. But I was intrigued this week by one entitled 'New survey reveals Most Seductive Woman of All Time’.
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Everywhere you go, you’re taking a risk
9:19am Monday 28th April 2008
Helen Mead column: I almost decided to stay at home today and call in sick.
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Turn off my TV? Not on your telly nelly!
11:12am Monday 21st April 2008
Helen Mead column: As International TV Turnoff Week kicks off, I’m coming out in a cold sweat.

Come and stay with me Mariah, you’ll love it
1:40pm Monday 14th April 2008
Helen Mead column: I heard that on a promotional visit to the UK, Mariah Carey's dog needs a chauffeur, she needs an assistant to hold her drinks, sleeps with 20 humidifiers around her bed to maintain rainforest levels of humidity, and wants a gym to work out in.
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I can’t keep up with Posh, Kate and Sienna
10:24am Monday 7th April 2008
Helen Mead column: I’ve lately taken to wondering how I can change my hum-drum existence.

Tampering with time is bringing havoc to my life
11:41am Monday 31st March 2008
Helen Mead column: Don’t you just hate waking up to British Summer Time? One less hour in bed, more daylight to pack with more activities, more expense, more stress all round.

My first aider husband may be the casualty
12:50pm Monday 24th March 2008
Helen Mead column: My husband casually mentioned how he had put his name down to train as a first aid representative at work.

You’re barmy if you call a bread bun a teacake
10:54am Monday 17th March 2008
Helen Mead column: For a moment I thought I was going mad. “What’s a bread bun?” asked one of my colleagues, who was joined by another bread bun sceptic.

Grebs, emos and chavs are just tip of iceberg
11:21am Monday 10th March 2008
Helen Mead column: For a moment I thought I had Vicky Pollard in the back of my car.

Cat got your tongue? Yes it really had
9:43am Monday 3rd March 2008
Helen Mead column: My husband said it was one of the best weekends ever. Funny that, considering he didn’t leave the house.

Here’s my proposal for February 29
11:18am Monday 25th February 2008
Helen Mead column: If you’re still waiting for your boyfriend to pop the question, wait no longer.

Clean-out has left me feeling good inside!
2:39pm Monday 18th February 2008
Helen Mead column: So there I was, lying on my side on a hospital bed, in such utter discomfort, trying to conceal the embarrassment of what was taking place.

Valentine’s Day lingerie tips are a load of pants
12:40pm Monday 11th February 2008
Helen Mead column: Here we go again – if I were male I’d be screaming at the barrage of patronising advice that fills newspaper columns in the run up to Valentine’s Day.

I’m keeping mum about sex education
9:14am Monday 4th February 2008
Helen Mead column: As far as I know, neither of my children have been shown how to put a condom on a cucumber.

Cleaning frenzy opened a real can of worms
11:14am Monday 28th January 2008
Helen Mead column: Seeing others doing something useful can be very motivating. Take the Government’s hospital deep clean programme.

Home-made hooch is not so straightforward
9:41am Monday 21st January 2008
Helen Mead column: Some things in life are a real let down. And this time, I’m not talking about my husband.

Bigger heating bills bring cold comfort
9:27am Monday 14th January 2008
Helen Mead column: Where are all those irritating cold callers when you need them?

Preston needs a skyline to shout about
4:13pm Monday 7th January 2008
THE real test of a new city and how far its development has come can be done by looking at its skyline.

It may be a bargain but ask yourself, do you really need it?
10:25am Monday 7th January 2008
Helen Mead column: For many people, the sales are to January what holidays are to August.

I DO need to drive home, have a cuppa and watch telly
9:13am Monday 17th December 2007
Helen Mead column: Separation anxiety. I don’t know about you, but if someone hurled that phrase in my direction I would associate it with relationships – the kind that goes on between two human beings. How wrong can you be.

Buy gift vouchers and let others brave the queues
9:45am Monday 3rd December 2007
PANICKING over presents?' Normally, I would hurl a press release which began with those words in the bin.

Do I look like someone with time on their hands?
11:30am Monday 26th November 2007
Someone approached me in the supermarket the other day.
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