Running Scared, David Hemmings' first film as a director, did not receive a general release. The consensus at the time seems to have been that it was too consciously arty for a popular audience, with Hemmings heavily influenced by Antonioni, who had directed him in Blow-Up. This report from the making of the film appeared in the Coventry Evening Telegraph on 23 July 1971: Hustle and bustle replace the quiet of a Rugby village. All of a sudden it is a hive of activity as strangers with sinister-looking equipment mingle with the locals. Braunston has become the focal point of ...
Mon 17th
22:05
Sarah Dyke: "I've been dealing with a lot of David Warburton's casework over the last year"
Peter Walker has been to Somerton and Frome for the Guardian and talked to the Liberal Democrat candidate: Sarah Dyke sometimes feels as if she gets treated like the de facto local MP already. "I've been dealing with a lot of David Warburton's casework over the last year because people haven't known where to go," Dyke says of the Conservative incumbent, who resigned last month after a parliamentary investigation into allegations of harassment and drug use. ... "Everybody that I've spoken to has said they've tried to email him, they've tried to write to him, they've tried to knock on ...
An editorial in The Guardian about this week's Parliamentary by-elections praises the Liberal Democrats, saying: The Tories don't deserve to win this week in any of the seats. The five pledges by which Mr Sunak invited the public to judge his government when casting their ballot are not on track to be met. People are struggling to get by, public services are falling apart and the state's safety net has holes so large whole families are falling through. But do the opposition parties deserve to win the contests? For the Liberal Democrats, the party with the best chance in Somerton ...
One of the Lib Dems' major achievements in coalition was giving same sex couples the right to marry. Today, it's 10 years since the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 received royal assent. It would be another eight and a half months before the first marriages took place in England and Wales. Scotland would pass its own legislation on 4 February 2014. Each of the Parliamentary stages saw mostly bright and cheerful vigils outside. The picture comes from the second reading in the Lords on 3rd June. Brightness, positivity and reasonableness were the hallmarks of the campaign for same sex ...
The Liberal Democrats have announced their shortlisted candidates for next year's London Mayoral election. Rob Blackie and Chris French have been shortlisted and will now have the summer to win the support of London Liberal Democrat members. The result will be announced in September. Rob Blackie advises startup technology companies, working on challenges such as accelerating cancer treatments and tackling climate change. In 2022 Rob founded the award-winning Breaking Putin's Censorship Campaign - fighting Russian propaganda about the Ukraine war. Rob is number 2 on the Liberal Democrats London Assembly List for the 2024 elections. Chris French is a community ...
We have got our new hospital although it is smaller than required without more work to stop preventable conditions. What about the communities who have been promises but little action as they wait for theirs? Why does the Government feel ... Continue reading →
Mon 17th
09:10
NHS waiting lists: One in eight patients in some areas waiting over a year for treatment
Analysis reveals "stark postcode lottery" with Manchester and Brighton hardest hit by waits of one year or more 15% increase in year-long waits across the country, despite government pledge to end them by 2025 Lib Dems warn patients are being left waiting in limbo and the NHS is "on its knees" One in eight NHS patients in some areas of England have been waiting a year or more for treatment, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The party said the figures revealed patients are facing a stark postcode lottery, with waits of a year or more far more ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 17 JULY 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Forest Park Place - give and take for one week from Monday 17 July for street lighting works. Forthcoming Roadworks Nethergate (West Marketgait to South Tay Street) - closed westbound from 9:00am on Sunday 30 July until 6:00am on Monday 31 July for Scottish Water remedial works. Greenmarket - closed for electricity works at its junction with West Marketgait (north bound exit lane ...
Mon 17th
07:42Welcome to my day: 17 July 2023 - "the things that pass for knowledge I can't understand"*
I have to admit that I've been struggling for inspiration of late, which might explain why Mondays have been a bit devoid of content for a few weeks. I'm also rather busier than I had expected, what with my responsibilities in the town and parish council sector, a Parliamentary candidate selection to manage and a day job. But all you can do is keep trying, so here I am to start another week... There are times when you wonder what a group of politicians are really thinking. For instance, the "New Conservatives" are seriously proposing to restrict the number of ...
