To political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. There were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner Shirley Conran and the former conservative Ministerjackie Doyle price. Another ex conservative minister Alec Shelbrooke gets a knighthood. Critics have expressed dismay at the list. Remember, liz truss was prime Ministerfor Ao odd days. She and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. Families across the country are paying more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards, as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. And these are rewards for failure. Speaking to bbc radio 4s today programme, a former minister who served in liz truss s cabinet defended her right to put people forward. Liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, of being pr
Scott shane to the library. His latest book, flee north a forgotten hero in the fight for freedom, slavery, borderland in it. He recounts the life of abolitionist thomas who bought his own freedom, helped hundreds of others escape in washington. Baltimore and the underground railroad flee north also tells, the story of the baltimore slave trader, hope slaughter, who shaped who shipped hundreds of south from the inner harbor, often them from their families forever. This evening, the author will be joined in conversation by journalist Michael Fletcher scott shane is a former for the New York Times and Baltimore Sun. He is the author of objective troy a terrorist, a president and rise of the drone in dismantling utopia how information ended the soviet union. Michael is a Senior Writer with espns enterprise, an investigative team. He formerly reporter for espns the undefeated and the washington post. He is a coauthor of supreme discomfort the divided soul of clarence thomas. In his review
Finding a balance between new technology and the irreplaceable human touch. Can they coexist . Everyone just put they time and work the community in me literally. What i want to be is be the community in me and bring it right back. Theyre role models recognized as leaders in oakland. Plus have you ever thought with your dream job would be . You might be able to swim your way through the summer. Those swimming pools look so refreshing and its friday. Maybe thats in your future. Im gianna franco. Six figures to take a dip and take pictures . Im in from the neck up for me here. Good morning, everybody, im reed cowan and lets take a live look outside on this friday morning. We are diving in for a friday swim so to speak. And look at that. It looks like that layer of ick is not quite as low the morning as weve seen it in other mornings and jess were smiling back at mother nature. Absolutely. When reed was in las vegas for the super bowl. And reporting live from that pool. That was probably
Heres National Investigative correspondent steven stock. You know, another family lost another child at the hands of a firearm that shouldnt even be on the streets. It shouldnt even be on the streets. Candace leslies only child died three years ago shot four times outside his apartment. Weve desensitized to just another black child being murdered, yeah. Its just common. Reporter from the scene detectives gathered a gun involved in camerons death, but police have made no arrest. Im losing trust in the people who are supposed to protect and serve us. Reporter but what candace didnt know until we told her was that a weapon involved in her sons death here in indianapolis was a former Police Weapon from a Sheriffs Office more than 2,300 miles away. Using public records cbs news traced a gun involved in browns death, a glock 21 handgun to, take Sheriffs Office in Stanislaus County, california. Theres no reason for Police Firearms to be in the hands of teenagers. I would say to camerons mom i
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