When I blogged about the Hulmes Ferry a couple of years ago, I discovered that the Manchester Ship Canal is a canalisation of the lower reaches of the River Irwell. This video sets out to find what remains of those lower reaches between Salford and the Mersey at Eastham.
The funeral of Jim Wallace- Baron Wallace of Tankerness - took place earlier today at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. Eulogies were given by Liam McArthur and Alasdair Carmichael. Last week MSPs from all parties paid their tributes to him as a motion of condolence was moved at Holyrood. The presiding officer, Alison Johnstone, said: This is my 27th year in the Scottish Parliament, and I know that, without Jim Wallace, Parliament would be a different place - a lesser one. Jim lived our parliamentary values of wisdom, integrity, justice and compassion, which were constantly demonstrated through his incredible career. His ...
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Llama drama! "Hero" rescue llamas who narrowly escaped death stop offender fleeing from police in De...
Derbyshire Times wins our Headline of the Day Award by a distance with its tale of crime-fighting llamas. The judges have asked me to point out that my photograph shows alpacas, who would probably have pointed the offender on his way after asking him to admire their hairdos.
This is the reason I wasn't at the Gateshead Lib Dem action day on Sunday. I was at a Lib Dem training session instead. It wasn't a long trip for me to get to the meeting. It was at Sunniside Social Club which is only a few minutes' walk from my house. A useful day for me to dust down some of my campaigning skills and learn new ones.There were inevitable discussions about the political
UPDATE: A brief reflection on the service that took place earlier today. If you knew and admired Jim, and haven't seen it, it will be up for a while here. I'm not going to tell you too much about it, but there were some stories that illustrate Jim perfectly, from the things he was excellent at, grace and kindness being mentioned a lot, to the things he was less good at. It sounds like he might have been less good at DIY than I am and that's saying something. And there are some things you might be surprised to learn. ...
Who would have thought that Starmer's government could descend to the sort of chaos its predecessor suffered? The difference appears to be that the Tories know how to commit regicide, whereas Labour are rank amateurs. The Independent reports that Keir Starmer is clinging on to power with the support of key cabinet figures - even after being rocked by the departure of a second key aide, and public demands for his resignation by Labour's own leader in Scotland. The paper says that the prime minister is supported by colleagues, including former deputy Angela Rayner, when previously loyal Anas Sarwar urged ...
