I came home to the news that the A449 had claimed the lives of four teenagers late Sunday evening. Speed had played its part along with, I would imagine, inexperience. Two lads aged 18, and girls of 16 and 17.

There have been countless petitions to do something about that stretch of road – it has claimed the lives previously of at least 10 people to my knowledge between Kidderminster and the outskirts of Worcester. At the last meeting we were told that in order for money to be spent on making it safer it had to meet a criteria – which basically boiled down to the number of lives lost.

Now four families, their relations, friends, neighbours, co-workers and the emergency services – because this sort of accident effects not just the immediate family – it sends out ripples into a far reaching circle, are all paying the price. So just how many more lives have to end before something will be done.

It certainly puts things into perspective.

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I came into work on Monday morning to find I’d been replaced by a new member of staff.

My manager has a weird sense of humour – she was obviously a little put out with her screensaver. It was a very nice picture of a recovery truck, I don’t known what’s the matter with her.

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And lastly today, a photo of himself's reindeer, stood waiting for Santa to finish climbing up and down his rope.