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Dame Margaret Booth, judge who made lasting contributions to divorce and family law – obituary She overcame prejudice to rise to the top of her profession and at one stage was the only woman among 80 High Court judges Dame Margaret Booth in 2000 launching the first Parents Week Credit: UPPA/Photoshot  Dame Margaret Booth, who has died aged 87, was only the third woman to be appointed a High Court judge. Like Elizabeth Lane and Rose Heilbron before her, she was assigned to the Family Division, but unlike her predecessors, both of whom had been criminal barristers, Booth was an expert in fam...

705 “Afomi y3 Swalaba,” to wit, “I was born in Swalaba” is a Ga phrase President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been using since he started campaigning for the presidency as far back as 2007. Swalaba is a suburb within Accra Central which can now be safely described as an inner city and, therefore, the significance of the phrase is to give an indication that he is not far removed from  the daily challenges of the ordinary Ghanaian. And moreso, his place of birth underscores his multicultural and diverse background which has defined his political disposition and public life.�...

Late Speaker of Parliament, Peter Ala Adjetey A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Nkwanta South Mr. Gershon Gbediame has described the late Peter Ala Adjetey as one of Ghana’s best Speakers of Parliament. The former legislator said the late Speaker was firm, strong, and could not be pushed around even by the party that appointed him. Speaking on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm on its Special Coverage of the Dissolution of the 7th Parliament and the Investiture of the 8th Parliament, he said Parliament would have seen tremendous growth if the late Ala Adjetey was allowed to serve a second ...

Published: 5:00 PM December 31, 2020    Torridge & West Devon MP Geoffrey Cox is now Sir Geoffrey after being knighted in the New Year Honours List 2021 - Credit: Contributed Torridge and West Devon MP Geoffrey Cox has been knighted in the New Year Honours List.  Sir Geoffrey has been named a Knight Batchelor for ‘parliamentary and political service’ following 15 years as Torridge MP as well as two years as Attorney General until February 2020.  He advised two prime ministers during the Brexit process and was often in the public eye during the controversial prorogation of p...

Emily Maitlis Six years ago I took my son, Milo, to Bucharest for his birthday. In the baking July sun, seeking shade, we crouched on the kerb in front of the presidential palace. And I played him the footage of the crowds on that bitter December morning of 1989 as Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena emerged on to the balcony. The speech Ceausescu gave, or tried to give, on 21 December was his last. And it was extraordinary. Ceausescu used his balcony address to reassure, cajole, bribe the crowd. But it turned against him as he stood there. This footage — state TV rolling live at the time ...