• Storrie appears before City of Westminster magistrates' court • Case over Amdy Faye adjourned until 20 January The Portsmouth chief executive, Peter Storrie, appeared in court today charged with having "cheated the public revenue" over the signing-on fee to a midfielder. Storrie, 57, spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth when he appeared before City of Westminster...
In Wisconsin, 75% of the "jobs saved/created" were for public-payroll employees. Surprise!! About the same in the State of Washington. Surprise !! New numbers released by the federal government Friday estimate that the federal stimulus package has helped create or save 34,500 total jobs in Washington, making it the state with the third-largest reported number of stimulus jobs behind California...
Among the reasons the Democrats cited in passing the $787 billion stimulus was that it would create jobs. The first clue that something was amiss with that bill was when President Obama began crediting the stimulus for "saving" jobs--even though there is not a method to determine what a "saved" job is. Burt Hubbard of the Denver Post did some digging and discovered that according...
Had a good day - sorted out the bounced cheque from the other day and went for a walk with Jackie and Jessica. Had my hair cut in the afternoon. My hairdresser has lost 4 stone in 5 months - she has one of those gastric bands, which she has had fitted for several years, and it is that tight that she can hardly eat anything!! Can't help but think they are not a very good idea, no matter how much you...
The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the longest established and best known annual events in London which dates back to 1535[1]. The Lord Mayor in question is that of the City of London, the historic centre of London that is now the metropolis's financial district, informally known as the Square Mile. A new Lord Mayor is appointed every year and the public parade that is made of his inauguration reflects...
• Allegations over Faye transfer are unfounded, say Portsmouth • Chief executive Storrie acted in a proper way, club insist Portsmouth last night described the decision to charge Peter Storrie with tax evasion as "seriously flawed". In response to the news that the club's chief executive has been summoned to appear before magistrates, Portsmouth claimed that HM Revenue and Customs...
Peter Storrie, the Portsmouth chief executive, has been charged with tax evasion by the City of London Police. He has been summoned to appear before City of Westminster Magistrates on November 16.
The leaked version of Sir Christopher Kelly's proposals for MPs' expenses suggests a degree of compromise, but also a wish to feed the media rather than develop a rational approach to the issues. As I have argued here before, it is right that MPs should receive money for rent or modest hotel rooms rather than mortgage subsidies: there is no justification for MPs using their living expenses to build...
Several weeks ago, local residents raised the issue of the cleanliness of Lauderdale Parade. This is one of those difficult to crack problems, not least because it is often due to the carelessness of students at the City of Westminster College across the road. Every so often, a reminder is needed. As a result, the area had a deep clean a few days ago and the street cleaning teams have been asked to...
The House of Lords have announced the death of the Baroness Elles. Diana Louie d Col Stewart Francis NEWCOMBE. She was a Conservative MEP for Thames Valley 1979-89 having been cr Baroness Elles, of City of Westminster (Life Baroness) in 1972. She m 1945 Neil Moncrieff ELLES (d 2008) and had a son (Hon James Edmund Moncrieff ELLES b 1949 and married with a son and a dau) and a dau (Hon Elizabeth Rosamund...
So it's been decided that the Electoral Commission were right to demand £350,000 off UKIP for an admin error: Mr Bown had been on the electoral register in Thanet, Kent, but was removed by mistake without his knowledge in December 2004. He did not find out until December 2005 and he was reinstated the following February. Ukip, which has one MP and 10 MEPs (sic), admitted breaking the law, but...
Court of appeal rules in favour of Electoral Commission in long-running dispute over money given by retired bookmaker Alan Bown The UK Independence party stands to forfeit nearly £350,000 in donations after the court of appeal ruled today in favour of watchdog body the Electoral Commission. A long-running legal dispute between the commission and the party centred on donations in the form of...
Good! He deserves whatever is given to him - and then some! Twenty three-year-old Peter Kowalczyk was charged with assault this afternoon after punching Leona Lewis during her book signing this week. The Metropolitan Police announced that he will be appearing before the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in two weeks on October 26th. As of now, [...]
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