Embed from Getty ImagesAs all my readers will know: The Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until August 24, 1974, on the ABC network as part of a Friday-night line up, and had subsequent runs in syndication. The family was loosely based on the real-life musical family the Cowsills, a popular band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The youngest of the ...
The full agenda for the Liberal Democrat federal conference coming up in Bournemouth is now out, along with the reports to conference from various party bodies such as the Federal Board. Agenda highlights include our new overall policy prospectus For a Fair Deal, Ukrainian politician Kira Rudyk, a question and answer session with Ed Davey, debates on housing and childcare, the latest party awards and much more. Registration, for both in-person and online attendance, is open and the party website also has all the associated policy papers. I look forward to meeting many readers in Bournemouth. Keep up with news ...
In May, we at the English Young Liberals got massively stuck into campaigning for the local elections! Proving ourselves to be a massive driving force in the locals, we held multiple action days in twenty different locations across the country, with many often happening on the same day. We'd like to thank all the local parties in supporting us setting up these action days, and to give a huge thank you to every Young Liberal that turned up and made the action days a success! As well as campaigning, we also saw at least thirty-five Young Liberal Councillors get elected ...
The Independent reports that Rishi Sunak has been accused of "cooking the books" as thousands of asylum claims are removed from the system following his vow to clear a historic backlog by the end of this year. The paper says that more than 6,000 people have been wiped off the list without being fully assessed in just three months, for reasons such as failing to attend interviews or appointments, and not filling in new "fast-track" questionnaires: The figures have quadrupled since the prime minister pledged in December to clear the pre-June 2022 asylum backlog. The government is now withdrawing more ...
A sad news story over the weekend was the fire that has gutted 'Britain's wonkiest pub', The Crooked House at Himley, near Dudley. As ITV News points out, the fire took place only days after the pub was sold to developers by Marston's the brewers. I had the feeling I had seen the pub somewhere, and last night I remembered where. It was in the opening scenes of Jonathan Meades's 1994 film Get High. Much more from the great man at MeadesShrine.
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT THE WEST END WARD - REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 7 AUGUST 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Greenmarket - temporary traffic lights on Monday 7 August for telecoms mast maintenance. Forthcoming Roadworks Greenmarket - closed for electricity works at its junction with West Marketgait (northbound exit lane only) commencing Monday 14 August for 2 weeks.
