BBC boss Lord Hall says the corporation has dumped its ‘we know best’ approach as the new Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has told the broadcaster to ditch its ‘narrow urban outlook’. The end of the licence fee has been mooted by the Government, with a threat to turn the BBC into a subscription service. It … Read more
Where I live and write in Bath, heavy traffic shakes my building. Family, work deadlines, my bank account and, yes, Brexit all conspire to make me feel hemmed in. ‘The essential test of freedom asks how far in any direction we can move from where we now sit without deviating or meeting obstacles,’ wrote the … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were sent to Ireland as ‘agents of soft diplomacy to copper fasten positive Anglo-Irish relations’, it was claimed today. Irish Independent executive editor Caitlin McBride said Prince William and Kate arrived in the country with the ‘uncertain aftermath of Brexit looming in the air’. She also wrote how Kate and … Read more
Andrea Leadsom reignites her feud with ex-Speaker John Bercow as she jokes he’s the only MP she’d like to tell to ‘F OFF’ in lighthearted ministerial resignation speech She used a ministerial resignation speech to mock the ex-Speaker again Was taking the Commons through her achievements in Government She was axed as business secretary by Boris … Read more
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 New year, new decade, new start… or perhaps not. My only plan for 2020 is to sit back and laugh as friends make an attention-seeking, virtue-signalling fool of themselves doing #DryJanuary or even worse, #Veganuary. As Oscar Wilde put it: ‘Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared a pint at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin this evening to toast the end of a successful first day in Ireland. Prince William and Kate Middleton sipped the famous drink at the Gravity Bar – a glass room at the top of the building which offers panoramic views of … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today arrived in Dublin for the start of a three-day visit to Ireland – their first to the Emerald Isle. The couple flew to Dublin Airport on a commercial Aer Lingus flight with dozens of residents returning home, business travellers and tourists. In brilliant winter sunshine they walked down … Read more
The OECD said today it feared the worst financial crisis for a decade due to the impact of coronavirus. The trade body warned that the world’s economy could shrink in the first quarter of this year as a result of the outbreak, with growth across the whole year dipping as low as 1.5% if the virus … Read more
The Bank of England today vowed to take ‘all necessary steps’ to protect the economy from the impact of coronavirus as the FTSE teetered at just 0.6 percent up on 6,621. The OECD warned the outbreak could be the biggest threat to the world economy since the financial crisis, with countries at risk of entering recession and … Read more
‘We know how to make it a very nasty battle’: French minister warns Britain that a post-Brexit trade deal could collapse if there is no agreement to allow EU fishermen work in UK waters Amelie de Montchalin gave her first English language interview today# Said agreement between London and Brussels hinged on four factors A … Read more