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This newspaper emphatically does not want simply to rehearse the arguments for and against a military action that ended nearly a year ago; they are well known, to put it mildly.
But if Lord Goldsmith’s detailed advice over the period leading up to the war merely summarised these arguments and reached a conclusion on them, why should the Prime Minister not publish them? The only reasonable deduction is that the Attorney General either cited opinions or reached conclusions that are embarrassing to the Government. In the language course, starting in May, adults who are fluent in one language are asked to train in a second.”This is a trial,” said Mr Tabberer, “and, if it is successful, we will put in a bid to Chancellor Gordon Brown’s comprehensive spending review to expand it.”. Before a full-time job, they can earn up to £13,000 a year training on the job.The first enhancement courses – in maths and physics – started last month, with 40 recruits on each. Disillusioned bankers, aerospace engineers and other industrialists are being paid £150 a week to retrain as teachers, under a radical new initiative to address teacher shortages. The Independent Television Commission ruled against the criticism, saying the scene did not go further than had previously been shown in a television drama.. Gay lovers have been embracing on EastEnders since 1989, while Anna Friel’s lesbian kiss broke new ground for Brookside back in 1995.In October, Coronation Street came under fire for a scene in which characters Todd Grimshaw and Nick Tilsley kissed.

And the publicity might help the listening figures, too.While the embrace is likely to be the first to feature in a radio soap-opera, gay kisses are old hat on television drama series. The Archers started in 1951 and is Britain’s longest-running radio show, attracting five millions listeners to each of its six weekly episodes.The producers admit that the gay kiss is likely to provoke strong reactions but insist that such issues need to be tackled. Whether it is that, or some deft work by the sound effects department, will, perhaps, become clear in time.The show’s producers have avoided depicting homosexual contact until now, worrying that such scenes could frighten the programme’s traditionally conservative audience, not to mention the horses. The nature of radio guarantees the scene will not be too explicit, but there will be what one insider described as “audible” oral contact between the men.

That’s one small snog for a man, a giant leap for The Archers. BBC radio’s 53-year-old soap opera, hitherto an “everyday story of country folk”, will feature its very first gay kiss next month. Lord Black’s plan to get out with his wealth intact has been shattered His media empire is gone So are his corporate aircraft. Elements of his private property portfolio are for sale.At Black’s beloved Spectator magazine the verdict caused little pleasure. Staff continue to regard Lord Black as a good proprietor who guaranteed editorial freedom and presided over a period of rising circulation. Some journalists admit to a wry smile at the brutal way in which Judge Strine treated their incom- parably pompous proprietor, but schadenfreude does not pay salaries.