[S]ince the end of September, the average daily unemployment claims for Florida have risen by 55 percent, translatin into approximately 50,000 more Floridians applying for unemployment benefits. That is mind-boggling. That is staggering.

The place was a favourite with all, and the ramble in this quarter was quite a regular custom of the afternoon with the fair heiress of Colonel Walton in particular.

With the re-emergence of No. 35028 from Eastleigh in modified form at the beginning of November, all 30 of the Bulleid Merchant Navy class have now been rebuilt.

Emma sat with her rounded knees collected up to her ample chest and held her bottle of Passion Pop in her outstretched hand. ‘Come and have a drink with us, dogwoman!’ she called to Bec. Emma raised the bottle against the skyline. Rebecca smiled at them, whistled her dogs into the pens and trudged up the hill to meet them so that the three of them became silhouettes in the evening sky. Three young women, a shopping trolley and a bottle of Passion Pop.