Sunday, 24 October 2010

Queen's £38m a year windfall: Royals to net huge profits from offshore windfarms...

because Crown owns the seabed

Windfarm

Experts predict the growth in offshore windfarms could be worth up to

£250million a year to the Crown Estate. There are already 436 turbines

in operation around the UK’s 7,700-mile coastline – but within a decade

that number is set to reach nearly 7,000.



Cherie Blair's sister Lauren Booth converts to Islam after a 'holy experience' in Iran

Convert: Cherie Blair's sister Lauren Booth

The sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to

become a Muslim six weeks ago after visiting the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh

in the city of Qom.




Facing the axe: Diocese that has twice as many Muslim worshippers as Anglicans

Bradford Skyline

A historic Church of England diocese where Muslim worshippers outnumbe

r Anglican churchgoers by two to one is set to be scrapped.






‘Above the law’ Speaker blocks information request in row

over Commons chaplain: Bercow uses unique power to dodge

MoS questions

Veto: House of Commons speaker John Bercow, right, has blocked the release of documents that reveal his role in the appoint­ment of an outspoken vicar as Chaplain to the House of Commons

John Bercow has blocked the release of documents that reveal his own

role in the appoint ment of an outspoken vicar as Chaplain to the

House of Commons.





Question Time faces bias charge after audiences are 'hostile'

towards Government cuts

Under fire: The BBC has been accused of political bias by ensuring Question Time, with host David David Dimbleby, had 'hostile' audiences to the Government cuts

Many viewers were shocked at how much hostility was heaped

on Philip Hammond, the Transport Secretary, during this week's show.







Coalition 'plotting 44 new peers to foil Labour in Lords'

David Cameron and Nick Clegg plan to flood the Lords with another 44 new Coalition peers to stop Labour sabotaging their policies in the Upper House

David Cameron and Nick Clegg plan to flood the Lords with anothe

r 44 new Coalition peers to stop Labour sabotaging their policies in

the Upper House.