The Swiss will decide whether to ban foie gras and fur imports after campaigners on Thursday handed in enough signatures to trigger a public vote on the twin issues.The popular initiative on foie gras collected 106,448 signatures, while the one on fur attracted 116,140 both above the 100,000 threshold required to trigger a national vote.
0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has been to the netherlands to see how royalty there has been slimming down by reducing the number of working royals. it is a public holiday and a national celebration, this is kings day in the netherlands. for students, we party a lot for the king. it s great. we are free from work and we are going to celebrate. king willem alexander and the queen are in rotterdam for kings day this year. forget state bentleys, they arrived by royal bus. with them, their wider family. most of whom have regular jobs and a private life. but turn out for this event. you get close to the people, is that important? i think so. the king can only be in one place but luckily he has
i can t believe that i m in a place in my life where any sports team, let alone one i happened to be somehow a co chairman of, has affected me this deeply. i feel like there was a dna change when we lived through that borehamwood moment in that match. yeah, i don t know if it ll ever be quite the same again. i live in a sort of constant, slightly perpetual state of elation, and i don t want to come back down from this cloud. a state of elation in wraxham tonight. a state of elation in wraxham tonight. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith was in amongst the crowds in wrexham. you ve heard a lot about the financial investment here let me show you a bit of the emotional investment. 15,000 or so people and a fairfew have investment. 15,000 or so people and a fair few have travelled across the world and come to celebrate a double
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