Could three little words undo the plan for some city mayors?
“This may seem incredibly trivial – what do three extra words really matter?”
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“This may seem incredibly trivial – what do three extra words really matter?”
While ten British cities are voting on whether to have an elected mayor, Doncaster, which introduced the post in 2001, is voting on whether to scrap theirs – which suggests the system hasn’t been a great success.
On the final deadline for registering to vote for May’s local elections, Channel 4 News looks at what is in store across the UK, as some cities vote whether to elect a mayor.
Sixteen Paralympic swimmers are chosen to represent Britain at the London 2012 games, including Ellie Simmonds, one of the stars of Beijing.
Around 40,000 homes in England are without power as gale-force winds, snow, sleet and rain affect much of Britain.
Drought conditions have extended to parts of northern England the Environment Agency said today, following another dry month with below average rainfall.
Students need more qualifications to look after animals than care for young children, a Government review has found.
“Analysts decided that a certain fraction of people who, say, fall over and twist their ankle, do so because they are drunk. Extensive anecdotal evidence collected by FactCheck suggests that may well be true.”
Leaked government documents reveal Mrs Thatcher was told by an unnamed Merseyside police officer that ‘drunk Liverpool fans’ caused the Hillsborough football disaster.
With George Osborne rumoured to be unveiling plans for an “alcohol unit price control” in the 2012 Budget, FactCheck calls time on the row in the cabinet over boozed-up Britain. How bad are we as a nation? Will imposing a minimun price on booze make a difference to binge drinking?
Great Britain’s Jessica Ennis fails in the defence of her pentathlon title at the World Indoor Athletics Championship in Istanbul, despite leading after three events.
As David Cameron calls alcohol abuse the scandal of our society, Alcohol Concern tells Channel 4 News minimum pricing would save lives, but the industry claims it would not work.
The hacking collective Anonymous claims to have intercepted and published the details of a conference call between Scotland Yard and US intelligence agents.
An inquest into the death of former Wales football manager Gary Speed rules he may have killed himself accidentally.
High speed winds leave roads blocked and trains cancelled, as a woman and child are hospitalised in Hertfordshire after a tree crashes onto their car.