The back of a car down an unlit street at night.

In student digs.

In a ‘troubled teenagers’ hostel.

On the sofa in a block of flats.

In the back of an ambulance.

And now today – on a kitchen floor…

Can you guess what all these things have in common?

Answer in around 24 hours.

I was in tears last night watching the news about the earthquake victims, it's hard to imagine over 20,000 people dead and at least 46,000 people injured. I know that I would rather be out there helping people who really need help, rather than running around after people who have had a cold for the last three days...

Newham has a large Pakistani/Indian population, and I would suspect that nearly every family will have been touched by this disaster. The fasting of Ramadan (which is going on right now) is supposed to remind Muslims of those worse off than themselves - something I don't think they'll have much trouble with right now.

You can donate money to the Red Cross appeal, I have, have you?