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Welcome!

That's me back from holiday - thanks to Nicola for keeping Ginno company while I was away sunning myself in Italy...sunning myself being the main aim of the game, even though we're all supposed to be faking it and slapping on the factor 50 these days. There's nothing makes me feel better than a few days flat out on the beach with a good book, knowing there's a nice bottle of white busy chilling in the fridge for my return...

We imposed a 16 day media black-out while we were away - and what a lot we missed! Usually when you return from holiday, it's a case of 'nothing happened', but the first two weeks in July MUST go down as some of the busiest of the so-called 'silly season'.

Ginno has been doing a grand job of filling me in on what I missed, and here, in no particular order, is what happened when Nicky Marr was snoozing by the pool...

1) NI no longer stands for Northern Ireland...it now stands for News International. What a scandal! The News of the World is no more, and the 'love triangle' between The Met, Number 10 and NI journos is more complicated than we ever imagined. Still, I did make it back for the 'custard pie' incident, and Wendi Deng's impressive right hook.

2) The Beckham's wish has been granted, and they now have a baby girl. But Harper Seven? Uh oh.... And if the name wasn't bad enough, we hear that her brand new baby ears are to be assaulted by Justin Bieber in a private Beckham concert. Has anyone called child protection recently?

3) And Tom won The Apprentice. Go the Geeks!!! It's a pity for Helen, who did soooo well in the tasks, but we heard yesterday that her boss has welcomed her back with open arms, and given her a promotion, so all is well.

Phew! I'm sure there's much more that I missed, but is that not enough to be catching up on? I'm exhausted already, and I've just had a holiday.

Could be time to have another wee lie down. Wine in the fridge, book at the ready...now, where's the sun??

Nicky
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