I was sitting in the train on the way back from town today, and while waiting for it to leave the terminus I overheard a conversation between two passengers. As you do. And the story that one told to the other was typical for Essex - And just like a TV soap storyline.

Apparently, one of the passengers has a lodger who is sleeping on her floor and is being fed by her - The lodger being a 50 year old man, who's fallen on very hard times.

He married a 30-year-old woman,...