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...who will work for her new European diplomatic service are also unhappy. "We are going to see resignations over this," said one. In a BBC Radio Four interview on Friday, Lady Ashton defended the way she was appointed, she said: "This is not...

In this article: European Union, Baroness Ashton, David Miliband, Michel Barnier, Britain, Gordon Brown, Europe, William Hague, and Tony Blair

...her credentials for the job. "Over the next few months and years I aim to show that I am the best person for the job," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "I think for quite a few people they would say that I am the best person for...

In this article: Labour, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, EU, Britain, and Baroness Ashton of Upholland

...so even the very best defences, if you have such quantities of rain in such a short space of time, can be over-topped," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, contacted the chief constable of...

In this article: River Derwent, Workington, Cockermouth, Barclays Bank, River Cocker, Cumbria Police, and William Wordsworth

...as a "stitch-up" done behind closed doors and Baroness Ashton and Mr van Rompuy were relative unknowns with little political clout. On BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Baroness Ashton dismissed claims that she had never been elected and...

In this article: European Union, Baroness Ashton, William Hague, Europe, Hillary Clinton, Nigel Farage, Tony Blair, and Gordon Brown

...so even the very best defences, if you have such quantities of rain in such a short space of time, can be over-topped," he said on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Severe flooding in the county was driven by a combination of heavy...

In this article: Hilary Benn, London, and England

...Blair quitting as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner after pressure to step down from London Mayor Boris Johnson. In an interview for BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Hugh warned democracy would be undermined if there was even a...

In this article: Hugh Orde, Democracy, Wales, Ian Blair, Boris Johnson, Northern Ireland, and London

Modern comedy is 'cruel and cynical', says Barry Cryer Barry Cryer, stalwart of BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, has attacked modern comedians for being "cynical" and "cruel". By Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent Published:...

In this article: Barry Cryer, Mock the Week, BBC Two, The Stage, Dara O Briain, Michael McIntyre, Testosterone, and Ian Hislop

..."precious" months. It had allowed her 58-year-old mother, from Dyserth in Denbighshire, "closure" and "peace", she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "The problem in Mum's case is it took a year for me to fight for the...

In this article: Cancer, NICE, Macmillan Cancer Support, Department of Health, Cancer Research UK, and Bayer

...2006, gold was in Uganda's top three exports from a country that does not produce its own gold. FIND OUT MORE Listen to File on 4, BBC Radio 4 2000 GMT, Tuesday 17 November 2009, repeated 1700, Sunday 22 November 2009. The UN Security...

In this article: UN Security Council, United Nations, Uganda, DR Congo, Congo, Dubai, and Human Rights Watch

...than election day, which really counts. As I have been finding out over the last few months, for a documentary to be broadcast on BBC Radio Four on Sunday lunchtime, party selection contests are unpredictable. Stand-off Local members make...

In this article: Labour, Dudley North, David Cameron, Tories, and London