I'm at an age now where, if I can avoid a very early morning flight time, I will. Of course, that does potentially mean that my choice of destination may be limited as a result. And so it was with the getaway I'd organised for this weekend. The original idea was to try for somewhere in "classical" Spain - not Madrid, or Barcelona, but rather Seville, Granada or Cordoba. But the flight times weren't right, or the fares were a bit stiff and so, after a bit more research, we ended up picking València, somewhere I had been once before, ...
Rennie comments on embargoed care system report Davey visits Edinburgh College and sets out plans to cut bills UK Government must strike steel deal to save what's left of Welsh industry Rennie comments on embargoed care system report Commenting on the embargoed joint report by the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General, which warns that the care system in Scotland lacks clarity and accountability, Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said: Care-experienced children have told MSPs on the education committee that they aren't feeling the change which was promised. They were angry and today's report only makes clearer ...
Kemi Badenoch Speech: Lib Dems blast Tory economics as "laughable" China spies case: Investigation needed on if Govt is doing enough to protect our democracy and national security NHS/US Drug Price Increases: Ministers must come clean Ed Davey urges One Nation Conservatives to join Lib Dems after Kemi Badenoch's conference speech Badenoch Speech: "Liz Truss on steroids" Kemi Badenoch Speech: Lib Dems blast Tory economics as "laughable" Responding to the Conservatives' unveiling a new set of economic plans, announced by Party Leader Kemi Badenoch in her keynote speech today, a Liberal Democrat Spokesperson said: The idea that the public would ...
One of the pleasures of watching old episodes of Softly Softly: Task Force is the people who turn up in the non-police roles. You may find British stars of the Forties or now-famous actors on their way up. From the former category, in recent days I've seen Megs Jenkins and also Ralph Michael, who played the husband in the mirror section of Dead of Night. And in the latter category... Press play on the video above to see a young actor with nice hair making his screen debut in 1976. Hello, Bill Nighy.
Wed 8th
19:04
Rewilding Harborough project attracts interest from government and national organisations
Representatives from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Anglian Water, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts were in Market Harborough today to hear about Harborough District Council's Rewilding Harborough project. They attended a briefing at the council offices before visiting the rewilding site, which lies to the north and east of Great Bowden. The Harborough Mail quotes Cal Hatley, Harborough DC's director of communities and wellbeing: "Establishing effective partnerships is going to be the key to making this rewilding project successful. I am looking forward to welcoming ...
I was one of the few people who actually watched Kemi Badenoch's speech to the Conservative conference this morning. I was curious to see how she was going to climb out of the deep hole into which she and the Conservatives had fallen. It was a relatively competent performance but she got a few things wrong. Her claim that the Conservatives brought in same sex marriage was sheer rubbish. Most
As Kemi Badenoch frightened a lot of progressive horses with her plans to get rid of the Climate Change Act, leave the European Convention on Human Rights, put the Human Rights Act on a bonfire and be even more vile to asylum seekers and immigrants, Ed Davey invited "one nation" Conservatives to join the Liberal Democrats. Certainly a lot of moderate Conservatives will be disgusted with Robert Jenrick's full mask-off racism and his attack on the judiciary. In an open letter to those who feel that the Conservative Party has speeded away from them, he said: Dear friends, Our country ...
[IMG: Alex Cole-Hamilton and Josh Babarinde] As leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, I have my fair share of experience in standing up to populism and nationalism – in whatever form they present. A crucial part of making sure we face down those who seek to divide us is having members and activists who are empowered, supported and listened to: that is one of the reasons why I am backing Josh Babarinde for President. I've seen first hand what happens when individuals are given the tools, knowledge, and confidence to take an active role in their community and build their ...
I liked BritPop. More than that, I understood it: good tunes, harmonies, white boys with guitars. And I preferred Modern Life is Rubbish to Parklife.
Wed 8th
09:13
The Tory Party's new 'enemy within ': why Robert Jenrick's assault on judiciary independence demands...
In recent months, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor Robert Jenrick has launched what appears more like a full-blown political attack on the independence of Britain's judiciary than a policy critique. What was once thought unthinkable, British politicians casting judges as part of a "deep state conspiracy", is increasingly being normalised. This assault is not merely a constitutional quirk. It's a deliberate populist power play: by undermining faith in the judiciary, Jenrick is supporting a weakening of its executive authority. For Liberal Democrats and all defenders of liberal democracy, this is a moment when constitutional guardianship ...
From the City Council : THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by reason of lining and jointing works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Blackness Road , Dundee. The works will be carried out in two separate phases. Phase 1 - Balgay Road to Glenagnes Road Phase 2 - Glenagnes Road to Peddie Street This notice comes into effect on Monday 13th October 2025 for five working days. Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained. Vehicular access ...
The Guardian reports on claims by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) that the NHS and social care would cease to function under the government's proposed restrictions on overseas workers, describing the plan as "ignorant" and "pandering" to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, while hundreds of medics have condemned the policy as "divisive and xenophobic". The paper says that Prof Nicola Ranger, the RCN general secretary, told them: "Health and care services would cease to function without migrant nursing staff. While other countries offer immediate paths to settlement for nurses, the UK is going in the opposite direction.": Labour is proposing ...
