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Sometimes Britain's Labour Party is blamed for everything, writes Matt Gardner. As the Government, it’s bound to happen, hence its worse local government election results this week in 40 years and the defeat of its London Mayor by a Conservative.

I know what I want for my birthday - a computer from Crime Scene Investigation.

From what seems like a normal computer terminal that would cost little more than £400, American detectives have somehow engineered the finest graphics on slick programs that allow faultless transparent windows, wild colour schemes and processing power that can fly through the database of Las Vegas’ entire criminal population for a match in no more than five seconds.

Matt Gardner

Do you remember the dark days of the internet? Yahoo was the default browser, eBay lacked safety and fair bidding, and one of the world’s greatest inventions - Wikipedia - was not even heard of.

Matt Gardner

I would like to think that I am not seduced by the cult of celebrity, but with websites like TMZ.com, television channels such as E! News and several hundred magazines akin to Heat, Closer and OK!, it can be hard to resist the temptation to revel in the woes of any person in the limelight.

Matt Gardner

Reports are coming in thick and fast of seismic activity across Britain. The Global Seismic Monitor places the epicentre around 30 miles south of Hull, in range of Lincoln, with a strength of 4.7-5.0 on the Richter Scale.

Matt Gardner

Face it: everyone loves kids' shows at one point or another. I've lived through a somewhat “golden era” of children's TV.