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The World Cup of Random English Words is the brainchild of writer and conductor Lev Parikan who on December 4 last year had a moment of inspiration after seeing a plinth.

Statistics show that for every minute that passes without defibrillation, a cardiac arrest victims chances of survival drop by ten per cent.

Businesses could have their plugs pulled from an insolvent private power station next week.

She spoke the opening line in the very first episode of Emmerdale Farm and was a regular on Grange Hill in the 1980s

Lord Grade, said the sum may not be a lot for Gary Lineker but it was for ordinary Britons, as he called the annual, universal levy a regressive tax.

Ms Dorries indicated that she wants to put in place a new funding model for the broadcaster when the current licence fee deal expires in five years time.

EXCLUSIVE: Nadine Dorries, who grew up a working-class woman on a Liverpool council estate, has fired a sharp warning at Britains liberal elite: Its over for the BBC as long as I am in this job.

DAVID MELLOR: I had four stabs at being the minister for broadcasting and one of my firmest convictions was that the licence fee was essential to provide British people with quality broadcasting.

EXCLUSIVE: Tense negotiations between the Government and BBC over the cost of the licence fee have concluded, with Nadine Dorries deciding to freeze the cost at £159 for the next two years.

Who needs censors when we are all silencing ourselves?