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Boris Johnson today defended keeping powers to overrule his new sleaze adviser Lord Geidt despite complaints the PM being in control is comparable to a thief investigating a burglary. The PM insisted the newly-appointed ministerial standards adviser will do an outstanding job after he was tasked with reviewing the murky funding of the No11 flat refurbishment. Mr Johnson also stopped short of committing to publish the peers findings, despite Labour and the chair of the independent Committee on S...

The Prime Ministers decision to appoint the Queens former private secretary as his new ethics adviser triggered an instant row last night when it emerged Boris Johnson will be able to overrule his findings. Following months of delay, Sir Christopher Geidt was finally named as the new independent adviser on ministers interests. He was immediately handed the task of ascertaining the facts surrounding the renovation of the 11 Downing Street flat and advising Mr Johnson on any further registration...

Last modified on Wed 28 Apr 2021 23.37 EDT Few other political figures might be better equipped than Christopher Geidt for the role of No 10’s new independent adviser on ministerial standards. After Simon Case, a former private secretary to Prince William, took over last year as head of the civil service, some might be tempted to characterise Lord Geidt’s appointment as the latest stage in a royal takeover at the heart of government. But having served as the Queen’s private secretary for ...

But within royal circles the humour was much more knowing. For the man who signed off on the skit, in which a lookalike of the Queen parachuted from the night sky into the London stadium, was Her Majesty’s highly regarded private secretary Sir Christopher Geidt, whose past suggests a nodding acquaintance with 007’s secret service world. Now Lord Geidt, the former Buckingham Palace courtier, will need all those skills of derring-do as he grapples with Westminster’s most incendiary politica...

UpdatedTue, Apr 20, 2021 at 2:24 pm ET Reply Photo taken last year, while Major Zilinski was deployed: Quinn, Ellie, Brie and Piper Zilinski, of Middletown, NJ. (Think Media Communications) The "Daddy Dolls" with Zilinskis image on them. (Think Media Communications) Zilinskis daughters. (Think Media Communications) U.S. Army Major Matthew Zilinski with his wife Brie during his welcome-home parade last April, on a Middletown fire truck. (Think Media Communications) The Zilinski family of Middlet...

Arnold Today: Chicken dinners will be sold from 1 to 4 p.m. at Bethlehem Temple Faith Church, 1374 Fourth Ave. Menu: chicken, potato salad, green beans, corn bread and cake, $13. Sponsored by the church trustee board. Details: 724-335-5445 Today: Calvary Lutheran Church will serve a roast beef dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. at the church, 1721 Victoria Ave. Dine in or takeout. Cost: $10. Reservations requested for groups of four or more. Orders: 724-335-0101 Sunday: Arnold No. 2 Auxiliary and Arnold...

Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Food donations sought by local Boy Scouts Boy Scout Troop 186, Harrison, will leave hang tags on doorknobs in the Natrona Heights and Brackenridge this week and next as part of the ...

Cheswick Wednesday: Cheswick Council will hold the caucus meeting at 7 p.m. at the borough firehall, 1411 Spruce St. Etna Friday: The Pittsburgh North chapter of the Women’s Business Network will meet at 9 a.m. online. Those attending can learn how the group supports the success and growth of women in business. Meetings are the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Reservations required. Reservations and sign on information: Kathy Bell, 412-855-0578 Freeport  April 24: Freeport Area Librar...

Fawn Today: A community meeting for supervisors and township residents will be at 6 p.m. outside the township municipal building, 3054 Howes Run Road. Covid-19 protocols will be observed. The meeting will also be available on Zoom.us. Freeport April 24: Freeport Area Library is accepting donations of usable household items, new and used books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, games and toys for a flea market sale. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Friday...

Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free shredding event planned in Lower Burrell A free paper shredding event will be hosted by Rep. Bob Brooks from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Lower Burrell Veter...