"I have received a request from the Doncaster and Bradford Coroners for a judge to be appointed to conduct these inquests and I am today asking the Lord Chief Justice to make a recommendation to me on suitable candidates as soon as possible, " he added.

BBC: Hillsborough inquest verdicts quashed by High Court

We are indeed short of epic fantasy battles onscreen as of late with The Hobbit not being quite as epic in scope as the Lord of the Rings was, though I have a hunch Bethesda will stick to video games for now.

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Many memories still live on but every time I walk through the arches of the City Chambers, often past demonstrators, I think of my dad standing there receiving his medal for bravery from the Lord Provost, and that he lived in the trenches, the medical treatment he received when he was shot up, and the life that he lived until his death.

BBC: Lord Provost George Grubb remembers his veteran father

Rushing through the corridors around the House of Lords, between interviews, I happened upon Lord Lester, who's been campaigning for a reform of the laws on defamation ("libel" to you and me), arguing that they are increasingly having "a chilling effect" on free speech.

BBC: Cheering the changes

The pitch has more grass on it than I have seen at Lord's for many years.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

Because soon enough, they will be back to algebra, "Lord of the Flies" and I will wonder, once again, what to make for dinner.

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