“Tiggerish and irrepressible”: the UK’s new ambassador to the EU
One diplomat said he preferred to describe Sir Tim as “very tiggerish, irrepressible, not things you’d naturally associate with Ivan (Rogers).”
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Chris Grayling said that Britain could grow more food to protect prices in the event of a no-deal Brexit. But leading environmental scientists aren’t sure that would be practical in the short time before we leave the EU.
Children taught to shoot clay pigeons as well as dissecting real dead pigeons. Nine year olds skinning rabbits and water buffalo roaming the school’s marshland. Not Hogwart’s, run by Bear Grylls, but a day in the life of one state primary school in the middle of a council estate in Eastbourne.
At least 12 Conservative MPs are facing the possibility of criminal charges tonight – after they were referred to the CPS by police over their election expenses following a year long investigation by this programme. And there are more allegations that this scandal leads to the heart of Downing Street.
In the US, 17-year-old Cal Marshall has become an internet sensation after his stunt. Cal chose to exploit his father’s swearing-in ceremony in Congress by ‘dabbing’ in front of cameras, leaving his father underwhelmed and his host, House Speaker Paul Ryan confused.
One diplomat said he preferred to describe Sir Tim as “very tiggerish, irrepressible, not things you’d naturally associate with Ivan (Rogers).”
The government is considering giving ministers a free vote on controversial plans to build a third runway at Heathrow, according to a document seen by Channel 4 News.
He said having got his country back he was now saying I want my life back.
The renegotiation deal David Cameron struck with other EU leaders is not legally binding, according to his cabinet colleague and friend Michael Gove.
One EU diplomat said the whole deal now looks “do-able and likely” and he would be “surprised if it didn’t happen” this week.
I’m not convinced the PM is truly relaxed about whether he gets an early deal in Brussels or not. He told a Davos gathering he wasn’t in a hurry. Could’ve fooled Europe.
David Bowie appealed to a lot of people with a lot of peculiar leanings. And for those of us with a sciencey, spacey, creepy-crawly leaning, the connection was a powerful one.
Bowie was emblematic of my generation. He was revolution, rebellion – even in a time when we all rebelled against the given order.
The rockstar was battling cancer for 18-months, his publicist said in a statement
David Bowie, who has died aged 69, was a musician, producer, actor and artist who left a creative mark on five decades of popular culture.
Placido Domingo led a performance of La Marseillaise at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as thousands around the world joined in solidarity with the French people following the attacks in Paris.