Council can be house proud
Cynics might scoff at the award of 'Beacon Status' to City of York Council. A Labour government praising a Labour authority could be seen as just the latest triumph of the spin doctors. We will miss Q
Actor Desmond Llewelyn, who has died aged 85, created one of the most enduring characters of the cinema in Q, the Bond boffin. Q's clipped eccentricity, his essential Englishness, adorned 17 of the spy films and the next one will not be the same without him.
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