The Liberal Democrat candidate in the Hartlepool by-election is launching her interactive "blog" today.

Jody Dunn, a barrister and mother of four hopes to wrest Peter Mandelson's constituency from Labour, with the help of a daily internet diary of her life.

The blog is thought to be a first in the field of by-electioneering.

www.jodydunn.org.uk is expected to chart her schedule as a candidate while coping with motherhood and a career as a family lawyer.