We’ve really taken a battering weather wise for the past couple of months with exceptionally wet weather leading to severe flooding and the recent arctic conditions which have brought mayhem to the everyday life of the nation. No doubt the phenomenon of Global Warming is now starting to declare itself and is a valuable lesson [...]

At the weekend, my son was playing football. He jumped up to clear the ball and fell to the ground in agony. He cried that his spine was hurting him. The coach and I were afraid to move him at first but eventually he consented to being hauled to his feet. To be on the [...]

Cllr. Laura McGonigle
At this weeks council meeting the City Manager brought a report to the members on the recent cold snap and the City Council’s response to it.
The City manager said that the Council have defined salting routes covering main traffic routes, bus routes, areas adjacent to schools and other busy roads susceptible to ice. [...]

Do I have a slipped disc?
Between each pair of spinal bones is a disc. Its fibrous outer ring holds in a jelly-like material. This soft center serves as a “ball bearing” for joint movement. Because of the way a disc attaches to the spinal bones above and below it, it can’t actually “slip”. However, a [...]

The local football fraternity was in shock this week at the announcement that following medical advice Grangevale striker John Carroll has succumbed to a series of crippling injuries and retired from the game he has adorned for three decades. Carroll emerged as an enigmatic centre forward at Douglas Hall in the 1990’s before moving on [...]