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Just back from a lads' trip to Berlin, where absolutely no mischief was got up to, no, not at all.I'd issued a strict rule to the boys - don't mention the war.But it's pretty difficult when the whole city is a living landmark to everything that happened then and since.Growing up in Swansea, I was always told our city centre was modern because it had been bombed in the war.&l...

The scene: RAF Odiham in Hampshire, home to the UK's Chinook force, where we'd arrived to hear about new engines and digital cockpits for the fleet.The speaker: Tory turncoat Quentin Davies, defence equipment minister, who opened the press conference with the line: "You may think you're in Hampshire but you're not.  This is the hinterland of Afghanistan."The reaction: We know what he was trying to say.But we wo...

We failed to get this tale in at the weekend - and now John Kay of the Sun has scooped us.  Boo!  Here was our ...

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So it's the big one tomorrow night - the showdown between Simon Cowell on X Factor and Alesha Dixon's Legs on Strictly.And it's been interesting to see how both sides are playing the PR game with us tabloid kids.The X Factor flacks have been a bit cheeky this year, asking to approve copy before it turns up in the papers.We'll have to ...

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