1990 Sukkar Pakistan rail crash kills 307 people
1990 Sukkar Pakistan rail crash kills 307 people

Recovering from a restless night in the old-fashioned way, I slept well until we had to wake to take Debbie horse-riding and, after some breakfast, Fiona showed her how to fit the new bit to the bridle of Sundance and it worked very well. Some work on my financial affairs, my post bag of complicated District Council papers and then to take the family to the Pantomime at the Cambridge Arts Theatre to see "Dick Whittington" from one of the two boxes after which I had to attend a meeting of Little Paxton Parish Council.

General Noriega, the deposed Panamanian President, has given himself up to the U.S. forces and unions and certain councils are now ignoring the bosses and contracting the ambulance service, employing suspended ambulancemen to drive hired vehicles. The worst ever train crash in Pakistan has killed 307 and injured 430 others

Had a slightly restless night until I realised that Diana was still awake. We slept better after some mutual contact in the old-fashioned way, missionary style! My next memory was of being woken up in the dark and cold. Diana was up early so as to take Debbie horse-riding. After breakfast, I got Debbie to try working out how to put the new bit on Sundance's bridle and that took her some time and so they did not go so early after all. When they arrived, Fiona was there to show Debbie how and so she was able to try it out and it worked fine. Sundance was much easier to control as a result.

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I spent this morning on our financial affairs and, over the course of a couple of hours, updated them quite well, but this left lots of filing and other work still to do. I then settled down with my coffee and read through a large post-bag, including lots of District Council papers which were quite complicated. This took until lunchtime and then it was time to get ready for our trip to the Pantomime at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. The story was "Dick Whittington". We had one of the two boxes ("ashtrays" the characters called them) and all the family enjoyed the performance. We stayed on in Cambridge for tea at the Wimpy family "fast-food" place and then drove home, dropping Daniel off at his friend Jason's. I then spent the evening on local affairs. A house visit to a couple plagued with noise problems from a sewage pumping station and then on to a meeting of the Little Paxton Parish Council. We welcomed two new Parish Councillors and the meeting went reasonably well with several matters progressed. Home after 9.00pm to then find Daniel on the telephone to his friend Gary for the next half hour until I forced him off. It was my telephone bill! The surprising news is of General Noriega, the deposed Panamanian President, giving himself up to the U.S. forces and being flown to Miami to face the U.S. courts on drugs charges. The ambulance dispute is escalating with the unions asking members to ignore their bosses and run their own 999 service in areas where their colleagues have been suspended or where pay has been docked. Certain Councils have now decided to run an ambulance service, employing suspended ambulancemen to drive hired vehicles. The worst ever train crash in Pakistan has killed 307 and injured 430 others as the Bahauddin Zakaria Express passenger train ran into the back of a goods train at speed in the village of Sangi near Sukkur. Today has been dry but quite cold but milder weather is spreading from the west and may bring rain with it.