Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire Ian Dudson and former British Rail chairman Sir Bob Reid unveiled and dedicated the memorial.

BBC: Rail workers' memorial at National Memorial Arboretum

The issue of government intervention was raised a month later, on 29 June, 1981 by the Lord Privy Seal, Sir Ian Gilmour, in a letter to NI Secretary of State, Humphrey Atkins.

BBC: Northern Ireland

Baldini, England's general manager, held in-depth talks with four key Football Association board members on Monday - chairman Lord Triesman, chief executive Ian Watmore, director of communications Adrian Bevington and head of development Trevor Brooking.

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The event featured speeches from the Lord Mayor of York, Cllr Ian Gillies, Charles Cecil, founder of Revolution Games, and Miles Watts of MilesTone Films, highlighting the role York has in much of their work.

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The episode will also feature "Lord of the Rings" star Sir Ian McKellen, the paper said.

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Lord of the Rings white wizard Gandalf, played Sir Ian McKellan in Peter Jackson's film adaptation which is currently storming the box office, came in at number 10.

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Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman seemed to grow a little more slowly into his character, but only because we are used to seeing Ian Holm for so long in the The Lord of the Rings film credits.

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Sir Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, the character he played in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, with Elijah Wood as Frodo and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield.

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Foster and the rest of his MCC teammates, including Test hopefuls Michael Vaughan and Ian Bell, will be hoping for better weather on the final day at Lord's, with only 89 overs bowled so far.

BBC: Foster plays down England chances