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The Mirror wins our Headline of the Day Award, though I am told the judges went away muttering about "sensationalism".
Crossens Saturday, 10th September, St John's Primary School, Rufford Road, Crossens, from 11am to 12noon. Churchtown Thursday, 22nd September, BoxTree Kitchen for Queenscourt café, Manor Road/Cambridge Road, roundabout, from 10:30am to 11:30am.
Pog the pig - was her behaviour a touch rash(er)? Here in Suffolk, we do like our pork. The pig industry is a key part of our agricultural sector, especially in the sandy heathlands both to the east of the county near the coast, and in the west of the county, in the Brecks. And, because pigs are kind of cute, we've had a Suffolk version of the Cow Parade, called "Pigs Gone Wild", thirty-nine decorated pigs dotted around Ipswich, throughout the summer. They've been popular too, with children taking a particular interest in such pigs as "The Great Piggish ...
The Nick Clegg who comes through in Simon Hattenstone's interview in the Guardian this morning is the one we all know: ingenuous, likeable and a little impatient with criticism. My chief thought after reading it is that there is something to be said for having wide political experience, and experience of life, before you become a party leader. As David Starkey once observed in between the academic bitchery, Clegg and David Cameron had both studied the Tony Blair playbook closely, but there was nothing in it about what to do during an economic crisis. Anyway, I am going to do ...
Embed from Getty Images One for the cricket lovers here, but as I have a Fred Titmus label on this blog I may as well use it. I recently came across the Independent's obituary of Titmus, the Middlesex and England spin bowler, from 2011. It told the story of his Middlesex debut at the age of 17: He had been due to sell scorecards at the Lord's Test, where five of the county's regulars were in the England XI. Instead, he became the youngest Middlesex cricketer ever, joining a makeshift side which included the 46-year-old former England captain Gubby Allen ...
This is what happens if you don't remember the post office doesn't open until 9am. Lots of aimless wandering around. Until, of course, the lovely baking smells from Bird's tempted me inside. I managed to buy breakfast, lunch and some bread (that I didn't need). But still, yummy, eh? Eventually the post office opened and I acquired a new blue ... The post 10,000 steps a day – day 3 – aimless wandering appeared first on ten pence piece.
Current Short Trips: A Day In The Life, ed. Ian Farrington Even Dogs in the Wild, by Ian Rankin Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang Last books finished Cuckoo Song, by Frances Hardinge Watership Down, by Richard Adams The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 4, ed. Mahvesh Murad Brother and Sister, by Joanna Trollope Last week's audios The Waters of Amsterdam, by Jonathan Morris Next books Cauldron, by Jack McDevitt The Collected Stories Of Arthur C. Clarke Independence Day, by Peter Darvill-Evans Books acquired in last week Antares, Épisode 1, by Leo Nemesis, by Philip Roth ...
It looks like council planners may recommend approval of the controversial proposal build a 25,000 sq ft supermarket and a petrol station on the outskirts of Ludlow (14/05573/OUT). We won't formally know what the planners think until early October. But on my reading of the runes from technical papers published yesterday, they may well recommend... Continue reading Shropshire Council could back Rocks Green supermarket bid at October planning meeting →
In London, Cambridge, Birmingham and Edinburgh, hundreds of thousands of people gathered to march in favour of Britain's place in the European Union. Here are some of the best tweets and social media posts. The London March was massive: EU We [IMG: 💛] [IMG: 💙] you.@marchforeurope pic.twitter.com/WxCFqhRwOG — March For Europe (@marchforeurope) September 3, 2016 An early photo as the Lib Dem contingent gathered at Marble Arch. Today we #marchforeurope for an Open, Tolerant and United Britain in a strong European Union pic.twitter.com/UD4XAHUdID — Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) September 3, 2016 Catherine Bearder gave one of the keynote speeches: Fantastic rousing ...
Many thousands of Britons in cities across the country today took part in a March for Europe, demonstrating our belief (despite the outcome of June's referendum) that the UK is better off in the EU. Liberal Democrats were well represented. Theresa May's trio of Brexit Ministers — Boris Johnson, David Davis and Liam Fox — [...]
The new Liberal Democrat Director of Campaigns and Elections Shaun Roberts is spot on with his three priorities.
Regular readers will know how I've been tracking the varying fortunes of education as a Liberal Democrat priority under party leader Tim Farron.
A freedom of information request on the Welsh Government's website reveals that the cost to the taxpayer of the Cardiff to Anglesey air service has risen from £838,000 in 2014-15 to £1,094,216 in 2015-16. That is how much we are subsidising a polluting internal air service designed to save politicians and civil servants a few hours on the train. And it isn't as if the service is that well used. Less than 10,000 people flew on this route in 2015-16. The cost to the taxpayer for each passenger is even more revealing, rising from £86.07 in 2014-15 to £109.53 last ...
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(Proper blog post in a few hours, but I thought this needed saying) I've seen several people sharing a story about the "Em Drive" being the subject of a peer-reviewed paper coming out soon. Just a couple of points — ... Continue reading →
On a traffic island near Marble Arch, Lib Dems are gathering to take part in the March for Europe Nice day for a protest! Marching for Europe with @StAlbansLDs @ChrisWhite17 #strongerIN #StAlbans pic.twitter.com/YJVPjanVg7 — Daisy Cooper (@libdemdaisy) September 3, 2016 We'll have more later, but in the meantime, the events are being live streamed. . Marches are also taking place in other cities across the country.
We're going to be hearing quite a lot from Nick Clegg over the next couple of weeks in the run up to his book being published on 15 September. Today he has a long interview with the Guardian in which he talks at length about some of the key moments of the Coalition. Just to get this over with. I come from the Highlands of Scotland. If any journalist had written about some of the villages I love in the same patronising way that Clegg's interviewer, Simon Hattenstone, did about Miriam's home town in Spain, I'd be furious. Whilst I ...
Quiz: who owns Britain's rail companies? | UK news | The Guardian I got a shameful 5/10. I bet @A_C_McGregor and @po8crg do better Her Name Was Clodagh. She Mattered. On media representations of men who kill their entire families. Samsung halts sales of Galaxy Note 7 phablet amid phone fire and exploding battery reports - ITV News Reading this on my unexploded galaxy note 7... :/ BBC closes loophole for whiny freeloaders RT @WillardFoxton: This is a perfect distillation of the "why should I play for iPlayer?!?!" debate: What it's like to tour Brexit Britain as a non-white musician ...
"First Blood" is a film that was almost made many times throughout the 1970s before finally being produced for release in 1982. Throughout a tortured decade in turnaround, the names attached to play John Rambo, the main character, are striking: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Nick Nolte, Michael Douglas. The script is based on David Morrell's first novel of the same title. Some put the film's inability to get made for so long down to simple Hollywood bad luck; others say the film's violence ultimately repelled would be backers. It was finally made with Sylvester ...
Watch the new fun (yet educational) video from CGP Grey, explaining the way we can make traffic disappear.
A recent visit to the Lady Lever Art Gallery turned into a bit of a Liberal history session. William Hesketh Lever, the creator of the gallery and model village of Port Sunlight, was a Liberal. What's more he had marble busts made of his own favourite Liberals – Gladstone and John Bright. He had a bronze figurine created of Gladstone as well. The Lady Lever Art Gallery was founded by William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) and is dedicated to the memory of his wife Elizabeth. The gallery contains the best of his personal art collection. I took photos of the Gladstone ...
To find out about *FREE South Glos Community Learning courses starting in September, come along to one of the enrolment sessions at #SouthGlos libraries. Check out dates on their website and put them in your diary now! *Terms and conditions apply for free enrolment And some EXTRA courses that aren't in the brochure: Steps to Confidence - Armadillo, Yate 10 am - 12 noon on Wednesdays Starting on 5th 0ctober until 16th November 16th (six weeks)Steps to Confidence - Yate Library 9.30 - 11.30 am on Wednesdays Starting 11th January until 15th February (6 weeks)
Xplore Dundee has advised of the following bus diversions (including the Harris Academy school buses) during the forthcoming vehicular traffic closure in part of Perth Road between Glamis Road and West Park Road :
Embed from Getty Images Our first update from the LDV Fantasy Football League. The season's just three weeks' old, but already we're in recess as international action takes pride of place this weekend. Congratulations to LDV team member, Alan Muhammed, who's our first Manager of the Month — his Shantastic XI amassed an impressive 194 points, placing him in the top 1% of the league's 3.7 million global players. [IMG: ffl - ldv aug 16] There are 192 players in total and you can still join the league by clicking here. * Stephen was Editor (and Co-Editor) of Liberal Democrat ...
A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook's EU Letter Apart Point By Point Ow. (tags: economics ) it true Republicans haven't won presidential race since 1928 without a Bush or Nixon? Yes. (tags: uspolitics ) An Oral History of "We Built This City," the Worst Song of All Time Funny and cringeworthy! (tags: music ) Brexit: There Will Be Tears Before Bedtime Robin Lustig reflects. (tags: eu brexit ukpolitics )
Patrick over on Facebook gave me a year: 1996 My age then: 29 My age now: 49 Relationship status then - married to Anne since 1993 Relationship status now - married to Anne since 1993 Occupation then - 1996 was a year of change. In January I was an academic, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Irish Studies; in May I was an election candidate; from the summer I was a political adviser in the Northern Ireland peace talks; by December I had got a job implementing a US-funded democratisation in Bosnia, starting from January 1997. Occupation now - ...
