Caro’s incredible biography of Lyndon Johnson
“If you’re a political animal and have never read Caro, I urge you to do so.”
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As nominations close for the annual British street food awards, Channel 4 News’s Felicity Spector looks at the growing demand across the UK for quality al-fresco food cooked in front of you.
The FSA’s fined Barclays £59.5m. Quite a sum. Under current rules, the beneficiaries of the fine will be Barclays’ colleagues in the financial services industry. FactCheck investigates.
Channel 4 News wins the best commentary/blogging prize at the Online Media Awards for FactCheck – the blog which keeps the powerful in check and politicians on their toes.
“If you’re a political animal and have never read Caro, I urge you to do so.”
When I list the cities on my book tour, American friends all exclaim: “Tulsa???” as if I’d said I was taking detour via the moon reports Lindsey Hilsum.
Meters which charge households more for using extra water to wash cars and water gardens should be compulsory, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Log onto a website this weekend and you should see a new statement about cookies: tracking devices that save personal data when you browse online.
Whilst many of us may be pleased that the warmth and sunshine has arrived, it’s important not to forget that southern and eastern parts of England are still officially in drought.
“His best predictions at time of writing are that Labour would win 34.04 per cent of the vote in the next general election, but the Conservatives would still be ahead on 36.59 per cent.”
Scientists at a leading agricultural research institute send an open letter to anti-GM protesters pleading with them not to destroy “years of work”.
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, on the latest Old Firm goings on at Celtic Park (that’s Parkhead to him)
Is UKIP’s Nigel Farage right about immigrants snapping up all the social housing? “All you have to do now if you come from Eastern Europe, all you have to do is to get a national insurance number – which you can get easily within a fortnight – and then you qualify automatically for social housing,” he said. FactCheck investigates.
The weather has continued with an unsettled theme during the past week, with most places seeing further heavy downpours, but what impact, if any has this had on the drought situation?
The government says it will resist a bail application from lawyers representing Abu Qatada, the radical Muslim cleric ministers want to deport to Jordan.
The Environment Agency has declared today that another 17 English counties are now officially in drought just a few weeks after parts of Yorkshire were added to the drought zone.