Parliamentary Sketch

PMQs 25th Jan – A fluke nuke and a Trump rebuke  

Yesterday David Davis, Con, told the house that a White Paper over Brexit was basically impossible in the time frame before invoking article 50, but at today’s PMQs Teresa May announced there would be one after all, responding to a planted question from Chris Philp, Con. So during the previous ...

Leicester City's manager Claudio Ranieri being made a Doctor of Arts at  De Montfort University Leicester on Wednesday 25 January 2017.
The Premier League winning manager receives an honorary degree from De Montfort University Leicester during  January graduation ceremonies in front of an audience of hundreds of fellow graduate  See NTI story NTIRANIERE; Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri bags himself another title - Doctor of Arts - at a university degree ceremony.

Claudio Ranieri receives honorary degree from De Montfort University

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has bagged himself another title - this time as Doctor of Arts after receiving an honorary university degree. The 65-year-old accepted the accolade from De Montfort University in Leicester for his Premier League winning achievement with the Foxes. In front of an audience of hundreds ...

Scottish colleges struggling to meet gender balance targets

A quarter of courses are struggling to meet tough new targets on gender balance in Scottish colleges. In total, five out of 18 subjects have failed to meet the goal of ensuring that at least 25 per cent of students on the course are male or female. The figures show ...

Barnes pub to host 2017 Great Sausage Roll Off

The Red Lion is set to host the fifth annual Great Sausage Roll Off this evening, with finalists from across Britain entering sausage rolls with the hope of been crowned Britain's best. The Barnes pub has been giving this much overlooked buffet item the attention it deserves since 2013 with an event ...

FILE PICTURE - Donald Trump has performed a dramatic U-turn on plans for a new multimillion-pound investment in a Scottish golf resort.  See Centre Press story CPTRUMP. The American billionaire previously suggested he would not invest "another penny" in his Aberdeenshire site unless plans for an offshore wind testing centre were abandoned.  But now, several applications are being submitted to the local council as part of an expansion to the Menie Estate. 18 March 2015

Trump sets out plans to build Mexican mall on border

Donald Trump has set out plans to build a huge shopping centre on the Mexican border to increase bilateral trade between the two countries. Fulfilling an election pledge made to US voters that he would construct a mall as soon as he got into power, the new US president is expected ...

Brits reveal their biggest Valentine’s Day disasters

Getting arrested after a fight in a restaurant, finding out they were being cheated on and ending up in hospital are among Brits’ biggest Valentine’s Day disasters. Millions have been left disappointed after a lacklustre Valentine’s Day, but more than one in ten went as far as to say the ...

Paris and Frankfurt battle over “Brefugees”

Brefugee, noun, UK, informal - a worker who is to be displaced by Brexit Paris and Frankfurt are set to battle over so-called Brefugees. The workers, who have been displaced by Britain exiting the European Union, will in most cases have to choose between the French capital and the German ...

Whisky

Scotland’s monster industry booms again

It is said that at any given time there are almost five barrels of whisky maturing in Scotland for every person living in the country. In a nation with a population of  5.3 million people it is quite remarkable that it houses a global industry worth £5 billion a year to the ...

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