Good riddance

Dropped Margaret off at Heathrow and then on to Beaconsfield to see Mary, Nick, Florence, Andrew & Sally. Girls head straight into the garden to climb the apple tree. Flowers in full bloom, sending my sinuses haywire. Lots of news to catch up with but, all-in-all, good.

Today is the last edition of the News of the World, apparently "The World's Greatest Newspaper". So, farewell 168 years of 'news', lies, titilation, boobs, celebrity sleeze, fake sheikhs, chequebook journalism and of course good old phone hacking...