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Todays news, under licence:

Nati nal G vernment stays steady c urseThe Chancellor, Dr Vince Cable, and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Ed alls,announced today in advance of the ud!et that the National Government were ontar!et with recovery measures and "ublic investment# Des"ite irres"onsible forei!n"ress re"orts, it is understood that the recovery is "roceedin! a"ace# $rime %inisterCameron and Ed %iliband, the &eader of the Council, met with the Chancellor andthe Treasury Secretary earlier today at Number ''( the De"uty $rime %inister, Nic)Cle!!, and Geor!e *sborne, the usiness Secretary, held tal)s with the Governor ofthe an) of En!land#

News from abroad re!ardin! the bailout of Cy"rus, which includes a one+off tau"on savin!s accounts in that country, was addressed by the %inister for Euro"ean-nte!ration, .en Clar)e, on behalf of the /orei!n Secretary# 0*bviously, we welcomethe measure, he said# 0-ll+informed comment in certain 1uarters is ma)in! this outto be some wic)ed act# 2ubbish# The Euro"ean 3nion must, naturally, act in certain

ways in certain uni1ue instances4#

Chief C nstables address terrace utra!esThe %etro"olitan $olice are actin! swiftly and thorou!hly to root out disorder ats"ortin! events#

The Chief Constable of Esse, who currently heads The 5ssociation of Chief $olice*fficers, 5C$*, today addressed on 5C$*s behalf incidents that marred the matchat Stamford rid!e between Chelsea and 6est 7am# -n remar)s welcomed by the%et, he said, 0-f we have learnt anythin! from the "olice en1uiry almost a 1uarter+century a!o into the 7illsborou!h Disaster, it is that certain sorts of su""orter must

be dealt with, and that the terraces must be "rotected from themselves 1uite asmuch as clubs, "layers, and "olice must be "rotected from them# 7e went on to saythat4#

$arliamentary e,"enses "ass scrutiny%r S"ea)er %artin, who is to retire at the end of this $arliament, announced todaythat, for the fourteenth year in a row, there have been no 1uestions raised by %$se"enses# The $arliamentary 5udit Committee, chaired by the 2t 7on# Elliot %orley,%$ for Scunthor"e, "assed the e"enses unanimously# 0-t will be a "leasure, as it is

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a credit, to the 7ouse to )now that ritish "olitical life remains the cleanest in theworld, the S"ea)er said4#

$ress &icensin! 5uth rity acts in several cases &ord 5rcher stated this mornin! that the $&5, which he chairs, has been sei8edof several com"laints a!ainst licensed and unlicensed 9ournalists and information

"roviders# 05s a novelist who has s"ent a lon! and unblemished career in "ublic life,he said, 0- really must insist that fiction and fact be )e"t se"arate# &ord 5rcher, whomade his name as a writer with his .ane and 5bel series, s"ecifically noted theincorri!ibility of The S"ectator and The New Statesman, which he decried as0wilfully unlicensed or!ans of the radical 2i!ht and &eft( both "ublications, theireditors, staff, and "ro"rietors, are facin! criminal char!es for re"ortin!unsubstantiated claims# The 2S$ and several wind+ener!y firms are understood to

be contem"latin! "rivate "rosecutions a!ainst scurrilous stories alle!in! that birdlife is at ris) from turbine farms, after the $&5 has acted, on the model established

by the 3E5 Climate 2esearch 3nit a!ainst climate+chan!e deniers#

*r, a!ain, loo) at the wild alle!ations bein! circulated without authority re!ardin!the %id Staffs hos"ital records# This is nothin! less than a concerted cam"ai!n toundermine "ublic confidence in one of our !reatest national institutions, the N7S,

by s"readin! alarm and des"ondency# - wish - could say it was merely irres"onsible,&ord 5rcher said, 0but - !reatly fear it is a deliberate attac) by shadow fi!ures witha!endas of their own# 6ell, they shall be dealt with#

*n /riday last, the Court of 5""eal, &ord ustice &eveson actin! as Vice+$residentof the Criminal Division, declined to allow "ermission to dis!raced former

9ournalists %ary 2iddell, Geor!e %onbiot, and ames Delin!"ole, to a""eal a!ainsttheir convictions# Earlier in the wee), "ermission to a""eal had been denied to

/raser Nelson, to -an 7islo", and to 5ndrew Gilli!an# The sentence handed downa!ainst /ran)ie oyle, the former comic, was u"held( moves by the Crown$rosecution Service for the etradition of Dara ; riain from the 2e"ublic of-reland survived le!al challen!e#

-n $ort Stanley, former %$ and %ayor of &ondon oris ohnson insisted that heshould )ee" The S"ectator afloat as a web+based "ublication, des"ite 3. and E3measures that bloc) its dissemination in Euro"e, ritain included# %r ohnsonson!oin! fli!ht from ritish 9ustice has become a ma9or issue in the 3.s relations

with the /al)lands, and ne!otiations for a transfer of soverei!nty between the 3.and 5r!entina have accelerated since %r ohnsons arrival in &as %alvinas after

bein! char!ed under the $ress &icensin! 5ct#&ord 5rcher welcomed the visit of $rofessor Cass Sunstein, the *bama

5dministrations new Secretary for -nformation and 2e!ulatory 5ffairs# 0ritain ledthe way in ins"irin! 5merican liberty of the "ress( now ritain is an eem"lar ofres"onsible !overnance of the "ress, &ord 5rcher said# $rofessor Sunstein4#

.ee" Calm and entertain the iconic actor smiled# 06ell, of course, theres always scurrility and baseless

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accusations in the forei!n "ress, but one doesnt allow it to affect ones wor)# utyour 1uestion was a fair one# %r Grant thou!ht for a moment, "ushin! hisfamously flo""y hair bac)# 0- thin), if you are "layin! a character who hasnt led themost stable life, then, yes, you do, you must, allow the hurtful thin!s that "eo"leabroad alle!e, come into your mind, and try to ima!ine what it mi!ht be li)e if youhad done that sort of thin! < because the character youre "layin! certainly would

have done#&ads ni!ht in the beloved, winsome "o"+star blushes, shyly# 0No 4 - havent found the ri!ht !irl

yet# 7is band+mates tease him for that: 06e tried to !et him a re"utation as awomaniser, but4# 5nd, 06ell, youn! 7arry, when all you want to do on a /ridayni!ht is have one "int with us and then !o home and watch %astermind with acu""a and a tin of shortbread4# None of the lads s"ent time on the "ull even beforethey met their !irlfriends4#

Glitterin! mem rial t a star undimmedThe celebration of the late Sir immy Saviles memory and the on!oin! wor) ofhis /oundation !athered a !alay of stars to itself Saturday ni!ht# ut it was themessa!e from the Vatican that didnt leave a dry eye in the house# The new $o"e$aul V--, the former Cardinal .eith *rien of Scotland, the first Scot and secondriton to head the 2oman Catholic Church, had, before his elevation to the "a"acy,intended u"on bein! "resent# The "a"al messa!e was sim"le and heartfelt#06henever there was "ain, wherever there was vulnerability, we all )new that thisson of the Church would be there, and that im 6ould /i -t#

EC and -CC "raise -ts N t Cric)et anti+c rru"ti n cam"ai!n scheme# 0Self+re"ortin! wor)s, he said# 0/ull sto"# The featured s"ea)er at theconference, $a)istan Test ca"tain Salman utt, a!reed4#