Chris Bryant

Unexpected president was drifting towards retirement

By Bruno Waterfield Friday November 20 2009 HERMAN Van Rompuy is an unexpected first President of the European Union. Balding, short, slight and self-effacing, the 62-year-old Flemish Christian Democrat economist is no European...

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Business English: East and west German differences remain

Demographic data and the way Germans talk about their identity reveal a continuing gulf von Chris Bryant Soon after the Berlin Wall fell, Willy Brandt uttered his now famous maxim that "what belongs together, can now grow...

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O Britannia

It’s one thing for the British government to eradicate every vestige of Christianity on the Scepter’d Isle. The constitution of St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands states that the British territory wishes to...

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Positive reinforcement program buzzes at Bessie Weller

By Heather Kays/staff • hkays@newsleader.com • November 17, 2009 STAUNTON — Kindness is contagious at Bessie Weller Elementary School. After new principal Chris Bryant instituted the "Caught Bee-ing Good" program, students can...

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Trust grants £116,000

Nov 16 2009 by Chris Haines, South Wales Echo A SERIES of grants have been announced from a trust set up after Burberry’s decision to close its Treorchy factory. The Rhondda Trust has awarded £23,750 to Treherbert pool if it...

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Remembering our dead – Trans Day of Remembrance

On Saturday November 21st, as part of the 11th International Transgender Day of Remembrance, trans people, their friends and allies in London will be remembering those who have died during the last year through violence or...

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EU's list for top jobs 'narrowing,'Swedish presidency says

Brussels - The list of candidates for the European Union's new top jobs is getting shorter, officials from the bloc's rotating presidency said Monday ahead of a crunch summit. Sweden, the current holder of the EU's rotating...

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Is this a clue about an early election?

Are people reading too much into this? I suppose we will see many more alerts like this but there’s a bit of a flurry tonight over this job ad from Chris Bryant - the Rhonda MP and Europe minister. Why does this job end on...

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Europe Minister Chris Bryant attacks Tories’ stance on EU

Nov 13 2009 by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail TORY MPs resemble a “bag full of cats” bickering over David Cameron’s EU policy, Europe Minister Chris Bryant said last night. “The rest of Europe will say ‘we’re just going to...

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Investment brings hope of new jobs to Burberry site

Nov 12 2009 by David Williamson, Western Mail THE site of the Treorchy Burberry factory which closed in 2007 against a backdrop of public dismay is to become a multi-million- pound business park. The site had been a production...

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