There was an unexpected detail in the fine tribute to Bernard Cribbins that Russell T. Davies wrote: He knew everyone! He'd talk about the Beatles and David Niven, and how he once sat on the stairs at a party impersonating bird calls with T H White. Then he'd add, "I said to Ashley Banjo last week..." It's hard to imagine the reclusive White as a fixture at showbiz parties. This encounter must have taken place after the musical Camelot was made from his sequence of novels The Once and Future King and he was taken up by Julie Andrews.
At first glance, The Times has an impressive scoop: inside data showing that the Conservative leadership race is looking much closer than widely assumed. At second glance, however, things look rather different, so let's take those glances in turn. Here's what The Times reports: Liz Truss is now only five points ahead of Rishi Sunak in the race to succeed Boris Johnson, private polling carried out for the foreign secretary's campaign suggests ... The polling was carried out by the Italian data and public affairs firm Techne and asked Tory members their views on both candidates as well as their ...
New polling from JL Partners includes this: Thinking about grammar schools and schools that select pupils by ability, which of the following best reflects your views? The government should encourage more schools to select by academic ability and build more grammar schools – 30% The government should retain the existing grammar schools, but should not allow more selective schools or new grammar schools to be built – 21% The government should stop schools selecting by academic ability and the existing grammar schools should be opened to children of all abilities – 27% Not sure – 22% Although talking of more ...
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Thanks to lax controls on capital the UK has long been the money laundering capital of the world, unfortunately that is not likely to end soon, despite new legislation coming into force this week. The Guardian reports that claims by the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, that the new legislation will have an "immediate dissuasive effect on oligarchs attempting to hide their ill-gotten gains, ensuring that the UK is a place for legitimate business only", have been met by secpticism by others. They say that a string of lawyers, tax experts, MPs, accountants and transparency campaigners are warning that the long-awaited ...
Greetings from Maine, where your Day Editor is recovering from the excitement of watching an England football team actually go all the way. Congratulations to the Lionesses, who've brought a bit of joy into our lives at a time when joy isn't available in abundance. Made us sweat a little though... Meanwhile, the other big final grinds on, with Rishi Sunak making ever more unlikely promises and Liz Truss attracting key supporters. You'd think that it looks increasingly good for the latter but there's always the question of whose team is better organised and able to reach ordinary Conservative members ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 1 AUGUST 2022 Miller's Wynd - closed at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works. Start date Monday 27 June for 6 months. South Tay Street - 3-way temporary traffic lights from Monday 1 August for 5 days for CityFibre works. Ninewells Avenue - mobile roadworks from Monday 1 August for 2 days for carriageway patching works. Strawberrybank - closed from 1 August for 2 days for CityFibre works. Riverside Drive (at Rail Bridge) - overnight (10.00pm - 6.00am) lane closures on ...
