Elizabeth Rawlings hopes she will prove an inspiration to others when she enters the ring with her beloved cocker spaniel River as part of the Kennel Club Good Citizen Display Team at Crufts.
From jaunts to the Euros and the Olympics in Paris to meetings in Indonesia, Japan and Ecuador, Labour ministers racked up a £2.1 million bill for travel from July to September last year.
Some in the defence establishment are now suggesting forming a sub-group in the existing 'Five Eyes' alliance to allow intelligence sharing without a US veto.
Figures show that 40 female wardens have been fired in the past four years after it was found that they were having behind-bar flings with imprisoned criminals.