WE have seen great acts of bravery in London following the Westminster terrorist attack.

To see people of all ages, all nationalities, pull together and help each other is truly inspirational.

I recall, while working in London during the late '80s, experiencing a bomb scare.

The train station was quickly evacuated.

Panic was controlled.

The emergency services and commuters all strove for a quick return to calm.

In any unexpected crisis, people do have that Churchillian spirit – a real sense of togetherness and courage - an attitude that says "we won't let this beat us".

The spirit of the Blitz is still ingrained in us all.

Spirit is something this country and its people are rightly proud of.

We now have another great virtue – individually and collectively called patience.

Re-building takes time.

The weekend's devastating explosion in New Ferry, which I followed on the Globe's updating website, showed yet again that people are there for each other in times of distress.

The emergency services were quick to act.

New Ferry resident, Wirral South MP Alison McGovern was right to praise the community and the local Life Church for their spirit and it was right to applaud the reaction of all of the shocked residents for their patience.

New Ferry was hit during the Blitz and it is remembered that everyone was there to help each other back in 1941.

Terraced houses were destroyed and the local army barracks came to the rescue. That was then and this is now.

The Wirral Spirit and the accepted patience are with us as strong as ever.

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READ all about it.

Wirral View - the council's monthly newspaper - continues to make news for all the wrong reasons.

The flagship BBC Sunday Politics show on featured your very own Wirral Globe which looked good on-screen. No make-up needed.

It was filmed alongside Wirral View.

While one Labour councillor defended its paper, the Tory opposition dismissed it.

One journalism lecturer said some newspapers print council press releases "unamended". Well, that is news to me.

The only time I have seen any council press releases used verbatim is actually in ... council publications.

In my 30-year career in journalism I have always questioned every single press release.

It is one way of shattering any form of 'fake news'.

There is one clear difference between Wirral View and Wirral Globe.

The Globe is an independent newspaper which prides itself on campaigning and bringing the council to account.

The Wirral View tells you what the council want you to hear.

I hope that clears up any views given in that programme by lecturers who have not, I can assure you, been in the Wirral Globe newsroom of late.

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Comic Relief this year was no laughing matter.

Did the producers forget that this televised event is to thank people for their efforts and also to have one last push for more donations?

Each year I do my bit by donating, but now the question is 'do we now need this TV yawnathon?'

It is growing increasingly smug and, sadly, offensive in parts and generally unfunny. That is the greatest irony.

I want a celebration of what has been raised and how it was achieved.

I felt that this year children, who are great fundraisers, could not enjoy the celebrity soaked seven-hour, on-screen domination of sub-standard sketches peppered with foul language.

A one-hour result show will surely suffice.

I urge the producers to save money and send the savings they make on this dated formula to the charity direct.

This televised clown time is over. I just hope Children in Need later this year learns from Comic Relief's joyless TV efforts.

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FOOD for thought. I always knew our favourite animated characters were wise.

One man who made me want to eat spinach was Popeye. It gave him strength to tackle bullies.

The Milky Bar Kid was a cowboy who extolled the virtues of calcium.

Now we hear Paddington Bear was "spot on" when he munched on Marmalade sarnies.

A dietician for Macmillan Cancer has said the Peruvian prophet was right.

Marmalade sandwiches boost energy and she is urging her London Marathon charity runners to snack out on the treat.

Maybe Ken Dodd's jam butty and marmalade plantations mines do exist after all.

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WAXING lyrical.

Good to see Gilbert O'Sullivan has equalled the score ahead of this weekend’s Merseyside Derby match.

The singer-songwriter, who sold out the Philharmonic last week, usually sings a song with a chorus dedicated to Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.

At his 50th anniversary show at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall last week he sang Ooh wacka do wacka day but changed the 'Ooh to Blue' for Evertonians who duly sang along.

Simon Riley from Prenton writes to tell me, he being a keen Tranmere Rovers fan, also took inspiration from another Gilbert hit as his beloved team seek promotion.

What better inspiration than the classic... We Will.

Peter Grant