The Liberal Democrats have announced that TV producer and campaigner Jo Conchie will stand as their candidate in the Batley and Spen by-election.
Current Wonder Woman: The Golden Age, Vol. 2 by William Moulton Marston Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women, ed. Alex Dally MacFarlane Invisible Kingdom, vol 2: Edge of Everything, by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward Last books finished The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, by Adrian Tomine The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant Ghost-Spider vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over, by Seanan McGuire, Takeshi Miyazawa and Rosie Kämpe City of Blades, by Robert Jackson Bennett Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom Next books Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big ...
During the election Liverpool Greens put out a press release saying how people should vote for them because they were the only Party with a 100% attendance record at committees within the Council. To be fair to them they did ... Continue reading →
Thu, 15:31: RT @BCommNI: We have published our Guide to the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in NI. It includes information about the review... Thu, 17:19: RT @worldcon2021: Who's ready to vote for @TheHugoAwards? 🚀 The Hugo Award ballot is now open until November 19, 2021 🗓 DisCon III member... Thu, 18:25: All the Fabulous Beasts, by Priya Sharma https://t.co/f2OdabA52y Thu, 19:47: RT @trouwschmidt: Fantastic Rembrandtesque picture by @Reuters of today's #agrifish council in Brussels. https://t.co/gayogdixCv Thu, 21:51: Today's issue of @DWMtweets Doctor Who Magazine has expert commentary on Tom Baker's visit to Belfast in June 1978. (I did not ...
The Shirley Williams Lectures are now getting well into their stride. On Wednesday evening we had the honour of welcoming Nick Clegg direct from Atherton, California USA. It was the day of Facebook's AGM, so a busy one for Nick. I was very impressed by Nick's lecture, which was delivered flawlessly from notes. After paying a very warm and heartfelt tribute to Baroness Williams, Nick outlined how he regards 1989 as the key year in his life. The Berlin Wall fell and Tim Berners-Lee invented the Worldwide Web. These two events heralded a great era of optimism and openness – ...
Yesterday afternoon, the Grand Committee of the House of Lords debated climate change targets. The debate was initiated by Shas Sheehan who emphasised the importance of grasping the nettle of collaborative action on climate change during 2021. She criticised the UK's investment in fossil fuel projects oversees and worldwide fossil fuel subsidies totalling £3.9 billion annually. Baroness Sheehan highlighted the planning system which is not aligned with the government's climate change targets. Shas Sheehan is a Lib Dem life peer. She opened the debate with a plea for environmental housekeeping: "This year presents a unique opportunity for the UK to ...
i) births and deaths 28 May 1935: birth of Anne Reid, who played Nurse Crane in The Curse of Fenric (1989) and Florence Finnegan in Smith and Jones (2007) 28 May 1940: birth of Frank Cox, who directed part 2 of the story we now call The Edge of Destruction (First Doctor, 1964) and parts 5 and 6 of the story we now call The Sensorites (also First Doctor, 1964). 28 May 1966: birth of Sharon D. Clarke, who played Graham's wife and Ryan's grandmother Grace in Series 11 and 12 of New Who (2018, 2020). 28 May 1968: birth ...
In Boris Johnson's post-Brexit world it is becoming clear that the government do not just want to leave the EU, they want to shut us off fropm Europe altogether. Such isolationism cannot be good for trade, education, our society nor forour economy. The Guardian reports that Home Office figures show the number of EU citizens being prevented from entering the UK has soared over the past three months despite a massive reduction in travel because of Covid. They say a total of 3,294 EU citizens were prevented from entering the UK, even though post-Brexit rules mean they are allowed to ...
Following residents' concerns about road safety and the speed of a minority of vehicles in Milnbank Road at the corner of Easson's Angle , I raised this with the City Council's roads team. The Senior Engineer - Traffic & Road Safety has now advised as follows : "A speed survey was undertaken in the summer of 2015 on Milnbank Road just west of Easson's Angle. The average speed was recorded as 24mph with the majority of drivers travelling at or below the speed limit. As this survey was over five years ago, I will arrange for another one to be ...
With next Monday , 31st May, being a Bank Holiday Northumberland bin collections are put back a day. If your normal collection day is a Monday, next week it will be Tuesday, etc Next week is a green bin week ( ie non-recyclable waste ) Any questions, check with Northumberland County Council
Embed from Getty ImagesThe Leicester Mercury reports: Plans to revive direct trains between Leicester and Coventry and Nottingham for the first time in 20 years have been hailed a 'once in a generation' opportunity.' Midlands Connect want to bring back the direct rail links to improve current connections which Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby calls 'appalling.' As it stands, the train journey from Coventry to Leicester takes close to an hour despite the cities being so close. New plans would introduce two new trains each hour which would also call at Loughborough, East Midlands Parkway and Nottingham, made possible by ...
