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By Jon Smith, Press Association The new chief of MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, will be Sir John Sawers, currently Britain's ambassador to the United Nations, Downing Street announced today. Sir John will take up his job in early November, replacing Sir John Scarlett who has spent more than five years in the post, having switched there from his controversial role as head of the Joint Intelligence Committee in the run up to the Iraq war. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official spokesman said: "Sir John Scarlett has done an important and valuable job in guiding the SIS through a period of change and making a real contribution to protecting Britain from international terrorism and other global threats." The spokesman insisted Sir John Scarlett's move had no connection whatsoever with the impending inquiry into the... [read full story]
Two men died when a tipper truck apparently hit an overhead power cable. The men, in their 40s, were in the rear of the lorry when the incident took place in Middlewich, Cheshire. The driver of the vehicle was unhurt. Cheshire...
Charles Walker was a distinguished civil engineer in Scotland and the Far East who is memorable as the man who tracked down the unmarked grave of the Scottish Olympic athlete Eric Liddell, who died in a Japanese prison camp in...
The Conservatives would hold an emergency budget within 50 days of coming to power, David Cameron said yesterday. By Andrew Porter, Political Editor In a notable chance of language Mr Cameron also said that he would use that...
Baroness Buscombe. Not someone I had heard of when I woke up on 16th November. Then an interview with her on Today assailed my ears. A rude awakening. She's chair of the Press Complaints Commission. The last Chair of that body,...
