Pray for Colorado

Colorado residents are bracing themselves for further flooding and devastation, with more storms due to hit on Sunday. More than 500 people are missing and at least four people have died, with another victim believed to be dead, after flash floods. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those suffering.Here in Spain the Catalan Region has shown great support for independence but the Prime Minister Rajoy will not allow a referendum. On the Costa del Sol a bus driver has been seen talking on his phone whilst driving his packed bus;.this coming after Europe's worst train disaster where the driver had been on the phone.On August 6th two young ladies were caught with over 1 million pounds worth of cocaine in their suitcases. One has admitted her guilt as a sort of plea bargain and we wonder why the other hasn't. How difficult is it to give a fair trial to actors like Michael Le Velle?A former SAS soldier who helped teach Prince William how to drive alleged his former colleague shone a light into the Paris tunnel where Princess Diana died to distract her driver in a planned assassination.Parents should continuing reading to their children up to the age of nine and beyond to help boost their academic results, according to new research.The study by the Oxford University Press found a sharp decline in the numbers of parents reading bedtime stories after their children had begun to master books themselves, usually around the age of seven.Senior hospital doctors are now raking in the overtime and we wonder whether there is enough money for new doctors to be employed. Finally, Peter Hitchens has written an article criticising the work of the police and we tend to think it is a little unfair.