To review or not to review?
Did Ken Clarke slip up? Some papers reported the Conservatives are looking again at RDAs and may not scrap them after all.
Not true it would seem. Sort of.

Blair's big day. The TV is on with constant feed, as it will be in newsrooms across the country, and in the homes of quite a few families as well.
I haven't had a chance to follow all the details, but our man Rob Pattinson is fully immersed in the issues, and speaking to the families who have paid the highest cost for Blair's decisions.
Here's his take .

So Tony Blair is before the Iraq War inquiry in 10 minutes. What will we learn?

Well unless the ex-PM has some sort of road to Damascus moment, it could boil down to the usual argument.

He thinks the war was just and legal, while others think the opposite. And whatever he says will not change that.

An apology for mistakes though would be nice though. How about a lack of planning post-conflict and equipment problems would be a start.

Will be tweeting through the day. Click here to go to my twitter feed.

Wednesday night brought what was one of the worst matches in living memory...but three points so all is not dead.

Further to my last blog, Ken Clarke has now pronounced on the future of Regional Development Agencies.

Or rather, he has muddied the water. I thought Michael Bates's rundown had provided some clarity - but now this has been cast into doubt.

Everyone thought the Tories wanted shot of them.

But Shadow Business Secretary Clarke said: "The only document we put out is not clear, not totally clear, and we are attempting to finalise it."

I'll let you in on a secret- I don't believe it's worth having facials, even though I regularly perform them in the spa where I work, part time. Eek!

Although I should be raving about the marvellous, transformative powers of these £50 plus treatments, I actually think they're a waste of money. It's not that having one is completely worthless, just more that you can attain the same results at home. If you look after your skin and use the right products, learning to adapt what you apply depending on what your skin needs that day, there shouldn't be any need for you to make that costly hours' appointment every month.

Tory peer Michael Bates has given more details about his party's plans to boost regional prosperity if David Cameron wins power.

He said "big Government" had failed to cut the wealth gap with the South and left the region more dependent on public sector jobs.

Under Tory proposals, regional development agency One North East will become at least one "enterprise partnership" headed by council and business leaders.

"The most crucial need over the next 10 to 20 years in the North East is to embrace entrepreneurialism," said Lord Bates.

With the risk of sounding about 80, I'm going to have a bit of a rant about rubbish customer service.

So long David Clelland then. Maybe he didn't achieve the same obvious power and fame as some North MPs, but he played an important role in bringing the region's transport concerns to Whitehall.

And who else could be following the early retirement bandwagon? Look South keen regional affairs fans, look South.

So it has been confirmed that we have signed Wayne Routledge from QPR. First reactions, very good signing in my opinion.