1. Drooping daffs are such a downer after magic show

WHEN contemplating that bunch of daffs for Mother’s Day, it is worth noting there is much more to discover about the cheerful narcissus.

2. Go back to black (and white)

FASHION is nothing if not fickle, but some trends come round again, again and again.

3. Buy British blooms, help growers and save planet

This Sunday is Mother’s Day or, as it was when I was a lad, Mothering Sunday.

4. Bees: Parrish wary of falling victim to Cup hangover

DWIGHT PARRISH has called on his Bracknell Bees side to snap out of their English Premier Cup hangover.

5. Pamper yourself at Powder Puff

6. Lenny Henry tries out his gags at SHP

FUNNY man Lenny Henry is heading to Bracknell to try out some corking new material before heading Down Under.

7. Top Tory to quit

COUNCIL leader Frank Browne last week confirmed he is to step down in May, to pursue “a new set of challenges”.

8. EU hit Microsoft with £650m fine

Microsoft has been fined a record £650 million by the European Union for charging rivals too much for software information.

9. Firm scores with footie fan

FOOTBALL nut Alan Kilby hit the back of the net when he bagged a signed Chelsea shirt for his 14 years of loyal service at Gravity Personnel.

10. Intraverse clearly mean business

I VISITED the BBC’s Maida Vale studios last week – what a jaw-droppingly amazing building that is. But one band who’ve actually recorded an EP there are heading to Reading University to play a gig on Friday.