Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, the chairman of HBOS, strode excitedly on to the stage at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, his arms whirling energetically. It was Thursday 26 June 2008 and hundreds of shareholders had gathered to hear the board's reasons for supporting the proposed £4bn rights issue, which had been first mooted the previous April, a few weeks after the bank had been...
I’ve been thinking about titles lately. No, not like the Earl of Sandwich or Sir Loin of Beef. I was listening to a friend’s new R & B album and was wondering how they come up with titles for instrumentals. I imagine folks must get pretty proprietary about their titles. After all the work and [...]
While most parents of twins are preoccupied with deciding on names in the days after the birth the Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley have been faced with a much thornier dilemma.
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'Bumbling' Gordon Brown was savaged last night after vowing Our Boys will never let the Taliban win in Afghanistan - then in the same breath threatening a pullout. The PM declared in the wake of five troops being massacred by a treacherous cop: "We cannot, must not and will not walk away." But in the same keynote speech he issued Afghan president Hamid Karzai with an ultimatum to root out...
Pesky! Children who drink full fat milk weigh less than those who do not Children as young as eight who drink milk every day have a lower body mass index than those who drink the low fat variety, according to the study from Gothenburg University in Sweden. The new study found that children who drink full fat milk weigh on average almost nine pounds less than other children. Diet experts believe that...
Peers accuse prime minister of lacking commitment to the war and failing to support British troops Three former defence chiefs have accused Gordon Brown of failing in his commitment to the war in Afghanistan and support for British troops. Field Marshal Lord Inge said the armed forces never really believed Brown was "on their side" while General Lord Guthrie accused the prime minister of...
`The Christian Institute’ Lord Birt, a former Director General of the BBC, has said the broadcaster should let atheists muscle in on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. Critics say that a secular bias already dominates 177 minutes of the Today Programme which carries the three minute Thought for the Day slot. But Lord Birt, who led the [...]
Paul Asprey, a Falklands veteran from Darlington, celebrated his 50th birthday. Nobody was more surprised than he was to have survived that long Happy birthday Paul and best of luck with the rest of your life. “Among Falklands veterans it takes 14.3 years on average for PTSD to emerge.” Afghanistan death blast soldier named RIP Serjeant Phillip Scott, 30, of 3rd Battalion The Rifles Ex-defence...
Well, that didn't take long. No sooner had Brown finished his little speech , up pop three ex-generals to give their considered judgement on how the Prime Minister is conducting himself towards the armed forces. Lord Boyce, Chief of the Defence Staff between 2001 and 2003, said: It is too much to hope that the present government will provide the necessary cash to allow its aspirations to be realised...
IN Lord McCluskey's otherwise apposite piece on the proposed Edinburgh Haymarket development (Platform, 3 November), I was dismayed to read that he and others fel
Lord Burns of Pitshanger in the London Borough of Ealing would not seem out of place in the script for Yes Minister. He has acquired the nickname “Teflon Terry” for his ability to flit, seemingly unaffected, from one sticky situation to another.
COMING UP ON NEWSNIGHT WITH GAVIN ELSER: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has come under fire from former defence chiefs who have criticised his Afghanistan strategy and questioned his support for British troops there. During a House of Lords debate, Chief of the Defence Staff Field Marshal Lord Inge said the armed forces had never really believed the prime minister was "on their side". General...
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Five hundred soldiers of 2 Rifles have been presented with Operational Medals at their home base at Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinler, County Down in Northern Ireland. 2 Rifles lost 13 soldiers during their six month deployment to Afghanistan as part of 19 Light Brigade. Families of eight of the deceased soldiers received Elizebeth Crosses in a private ceremony in the Officers Mess. The presentations...
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