While the 76-year-old Des O'Connor prepares for a quieter life after he
finishes work on Countdown, his ex-wife Gillian has been
hailed as a "have a go" heroine by her local constabulary after
taking on a burglar.
Just before midnight on Saturday, the
The former England captain is flying to China for the official handover from Beijing to London 2012— is the footballer the right figurehead?
If the capital is a Tory test-bed, the early results are mixed
ON AUGUST 24th the world’s eyes will be on Boris Johnson, as he collects the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony in Beijing to mark the handover to the London games in 2012. But there are
Boris Johnson and the Conservatives favour more local political control over
chief constables and police forces — not to mention Sir Ian Blair,
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
But what of governing the capital itself? Attempts to regulate
It's been a mixed week for Boris Johnson. But he remains an utterly magnetic
2008-08-21 17:00:00 - The Eccentric Club, once an important institution in the British society, closed down in the mid-1980s, is about to make a daring comeback to the London clubland on 29th of August - this time not in Mayfair, but in Bloomsbury.
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Watch out, Dave - Boris is on the march. The Mayor of London has been plastered over our plasma screens this morning after arriving in Beijing for the closing days of the Olympics (deftly upstaging Gordon Brown who arrives
The Mayor of London today laid down the gauntlet for "startling" ideas to help ensure the capital's Olympic Park leaves a positive legacy once the 2012 Games are over.
Boris Johnson, who is in Beijing to receive the Olympic flag that will mark the
Boris Johnson is listening: "He may look inappropriate, but he is close to ordinary people", say the Chinese media
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The mayor of London arrived in Beijing to prepare for his duties in the Games’ closing ceremony on Sunday, when he will be