You just can’t beat a lovely cup of tea and a nice buttery croissant.
Our politicians certainly think so as they’ve been spending thousands of pounds on the sweet treats.
And when they aren’t filling their faces with croissants they are lavishing their guests with scones and biscuits all paid for with your hard-earned tax dollar (or pennies and pounds to be strictly accurate).
Full details of this wanton extravagance/sensible entertaining budget (delete as applicable) in Saturday’s Courier.
Elsewhere, anybody with even so much as an iota of artistic talent will doubtless be delighted to read details of proposals to pull together a new comic in just 24 hours.
Members of the public are being invited to get involved. Which is nice.
To find out how you can help create the comic almost certainly closely followed by a megabucks offer to become a full time artist pick up your weekend Courier.
Meanwhile, fans of great literary works will enjoy our coverage of world book day.
Everywhere one looked, youngsters were scampering around, dressed up as all manner of wizards, witches and superheroes.
And in one corner of the country a cheeky little fella pulled on a smart suit and mask.
The scamp then picked up a set of cable ties.
That’s because said rogue was dressed up as Christian, the “hero” of the Fifty Shades of Grey series, famed for his love of bondage.
It may have been a hit at the box office, but it doesn’t go down at all well in the headmaster’s office…
Full story in Saturday’s Courier.
Life.
It’s a rum old affair.
And jolly expensive too.
But just how much does it cost? And what is the age at which one spends most?
We have all the answers in our rip-roaring weekend spectacular.
Do you take T?
If so you will be most interested in finding out more about an apparent hitch in the T in the Park planning process.
That interest will be catered for as we reveal full details of the latest twist ahead of this July’s extravaganza.
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